VS 14, 029

~2400 BCE·Early Dynastic·P020043

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020043.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 5(asz@c) 2(barig@c) 1(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
sze-ba geme2 dumu il2 igi-nu-du8
5(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) sze ninda sa2-du11 iti-da
1(u@c) sze bar-bi gal2
szu-nigin2 2(gesz2@c) 1(u@c) 3(asz@c) la2 2(ban2@c) sze gur saggal
sze-ba sze gar
lu2 ba-ba6-ke4-ne
URU-KA-gi-na
lugal
lagasz-ke4
ganun ba-ba6-ta
e-ne-ba 5(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — VS 14, 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P020043) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020043..

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