MRAH O.5011

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452985.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n] 2(barig@c) gamurx(LAK490) sila3 zabar
ur-gu
sagi
e2 NE-DAG?
banszur#? sag-x? GA?-duh-hum
ab-zi
2(ban2@c) gamurx(LAK490)
ur-gu
muhaldim
e2 muhaldim?
isztaran
giri3-ni
szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — MRAH O.5011. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P452985) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452985..

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