OSP 1, 069

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216120.

Transliteration

4(u@c) sze lid2-ga
an-da-lu5
5(u@c) zur-zur
3(u@c) il2-ga
[x] 1(u@c)#? [...]
2(u@c) ama-ur-sag
2(u@c) bu3-bu3
4(u@c) kun?-TAR
2(u@c) ur-ur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OSP 1, 069. 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 (P216120) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P216120..

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