OSP 1, 063

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221594.

Transliteration

[...] engar
[x] 2(barig@c)#? a2-na#?
2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) ur-esz3
[...]-tu
1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) inanna-ur-sag
gala
6(asz@c) nin-uri3
[x] nam-mah-ni
1(asz@c) 2(barig@c) nin-banda3
2(asz@c) 2(barig@c) du-a-sa ugula
3(barig@c) e2-ur2-be6-du10
e2-an-dul-lu2
szu-nigin2 3(u@c) 1(barig@c) sze lid2#-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 063. 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 (P221594) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221594..

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