Position in chronology
OSP 1, 030
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221582.
Transliteration
1(u@c) gurusz na-ni 2(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) du-da-ni 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) szu-me 3(u@c) u4?-be6-kur-ra [x] 2(asz@c)#? ra-bi2-i3-lum 1(u@c) 6(asz@c) ti-ti 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) a-anzu2 3(u@c) a-diri 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) HA-ZAG-na-ni 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) e3-li-um 2(u@c) 5(asz@c) nig2-[...] 6(asz@c)#? [x] ki ur-e2-gal-ta u4 7(disz@t)-kam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 030. 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 (P221582) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221582..
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