OSP 1, 017

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221576.

Transliteration

5(asz@c)# x x [x]
nig2-sa10-be6
1(asz@c) ku3 ma-na 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) gin2-kam
lagab za-gin3 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) ku3 gin2-kam
lugal-en-lil2
2(asz@c)# ku3 gin2
lu2#-zi
szu#-i
|SZIMxKUSZU2|# ku3 2/3(asz@c@v) ma-na-kam
ki dam-gar3-gal-ta#
szesz-ga-zi-ra
an-na-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P221576) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221576..

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