DP 576

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221226.

Transliteration

1(bur'u@c) la2 4(iku@c) GAN2 sze mu2-a
2(bur3@c) GAN2 ziz2 babbar2
[...]
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) 4(iku@c) 1/2(iku@c) GAN2 ziz2 babbar2
1(esze3@c) GAN2 gu2-nida
3(iku@c) GAN2 [...]
2(bur3@c) 3(iku@c) GAN2 ziz2 babbar2
3(bur3@c)? 1/2(iku@c) GAN2 gig ziz2
GAN2 sze mu2-a
szubur
dub-sar-re2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 576. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P221226) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221226..

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