Nik 1, 089

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221858.

Transliteration

7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 gur saggal
lu2-zi
7(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 e2-lu2
2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 |TUMxGAN2@t|-ra
5(asz@c) ziz2 en-en3-tar-zi
5(asz@c) ziz2 lugal-an-da
szu-nigin2 3(u@c) 2(asz@c) la2 2(barig@c) ziz2 gur saggal
sza3-bi-ta 4(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ziz2 e-ta-zi-zi
ki-a tak4-a 2(u@c) 3(asz@c) ziz2
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
e-ne-szum2-mu 5(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — Nik 1, 089. 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 (P221858) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221858..

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