SF 025

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P010603.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x
ur-inanna
ku-li-li
si-du3
A#?-|SAGxHA|-NE
mes-abzu
ur-nisaba#
mes-pa3
zu2#-[la2?]-lum
munus-[x (x)]
nu#-x [(x)]
x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — SF 025. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P010603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P010603..

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