MLVS 918

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247612.

Transliteration

1/3(asz@c) siki za-KU ma-na
ur-nin-pirig
aszgab
1(u@c) gin2 ur-igi
ugula
1(u@c) gin2 szul-lu2
1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gin2 SZUL-bi2
ur-igi
nu-banda3
e2 lu2 esz2-gid2-ka-ka
iti ezem munu4 gu7
nansze-ka
gu2-ne-ne-a
[e-ne-gar]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — MLVS 918. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P247612) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247612..

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