TMH 05, 222

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P020643

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020643.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) aktum2 tug2
giri3-ni
lu2# sud3-ur-sag-ra
[x] x
[lugal?-en]-lil2#-le
[...]-ta#?
[...] mu4-a
[...] x an-na-mu4?
sanga iri-sa12-rig7
i3-dab5-ba-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 222. 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 (P020643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020643..

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