WF 127

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P011085.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(asz@c) sila4
LAK046-LAK046
1(asz@c) LAK046 u8
1(asz@c) U2-PAD-DE2 u8
1(gesz2@c) 6(asz@c) ud5
mes-bar!
8(asz@c) sila4
8(asz@c) u8
mes-ki-erim2
1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) ud5
1(gesz2@c) 4(u@c)#? 3(asz@c)# LAK020#!?
1(gesz2@c) la2 4(disz) u8
3(u@c) sila4
utu-szita

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — WF 127. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P011085) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P011085..

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