UET 2, 0370

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005957.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...] SZA3~a1 [...] AK~a
[...] , [...] X
[...] 1(N01@f)# , [...] DUB~a# [...] DA~a
[...] , X X NE~a PAP~a GISZ~v
1(N22@f) 1(N58) 3(N01@f) , KAL~b2? GI RU X LU2
[...] , [...] LU2
[...] , [...]
1(N14@f)# [...] , X [...]
[...] , [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)) — UET 2, 0370. 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 (P005957) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P005957..

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