FTP 092

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P222168.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(barig@c) ur#-lugal-DU#?
[...] lugal#-na#-[ri]-ga#
[...]
[...] di-utu
1(barig@c) 3(ban2@c) [sag]-[A]-DU#?-ba#?-sum
2(barig@c) 4(ban2@c) lu2-AB-DU-GA2#
1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) en-lil2-pa3#? KISAL#
1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)? AB# [...]
[...]
[x] x KA x
2(ban2@c) ku5-da
ugula-KISAL
3(barig@c) sze ur-ig-[gal?]
2(barig@c) u2-RU-[x]
[x] 1(barig@c)# ur-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — FTP 092. 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 (P222168) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P222168..

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