TCBI 2/1, 05

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P382058

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382058.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] GAN2#? [...] du6 lagasz
[...] 3(asz@c) mu-bi#
[...] GAN2 da#-tir
[...] mu-bi
1(asz@c) GAN2 DA
2(asz@c) mu-bi
1(asz@c) GAN2 [...]
2(asz@c) mu-bi
1(asz@c) ENGUR? BI e2
5(asz@c) sze gur sag
1(asz@c) szesz-pa3 engar#
[...]
1(asz@c) NI-NUN-bi#
1(asz@c) gu-ni-DU
[...] DU

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) ?) — TCBI 2/1, 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy (P382058) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382058..

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