TMH 05, 064

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P020478

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020478.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) GAN2
lugal-szu12-de3
iri-sa12-rig7
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) bad3-KU
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) GAN2
ur-en-lil2
tug2-du8
1(bur3@c) 1(esze3@c) ur-ur
2(bur3@c) szubur-[x]
GAN2 nu-banda3-kam
[x] x iri a
la-gi-pum
apin-la2-sze3
mu-ne-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 064. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020478) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020478..

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