OSP 1, 038

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221587.

Transliteration

[...]-da-[...]-ba
[...]-mah
[...] lu2#?-[x?]-an-na PAP
[1(asz@c)] agrig PAP
1(asz@c) gala-tur PAP
1(asz@c) AN-lu-mah PAP
1(asz@c) gal-lu-sza3-gid2
1(asz@c) szesz-ama-na PAP
1(asz@c) u3-na-du11 PAP
1(asz@c) ur-iszkur PAP
1(asz@c) lu mar2-da#[] PAP
1(asz@c) lugal-iri-da PAP

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 038. 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 (P221587) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221587..

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