Nik 1, 056

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221825.

Transliteration

2(barig@c) sze-ba
nin-ti-menx(|GA2xEN|)
1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) nin-mar-lu2-mu
1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) ur-e
2(barig@c) U2-U2
3(ban2@c) nin-mu-da-kusz2
2(barig@c) sze szah2
nin-mu-da-kusz2
szu-nigin2 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) gur saggal
sze-ba sze gar
lu2 szuku nu-gal2-ke4-ne
szubur-tur
nu-banda3
e-ne-ba 1(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
1(u) ba-am6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 056. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P221825) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221825..

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