CUSAS 01, 019

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P325450

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325450.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(N01)# , AN# NU11#
[1(N01)] , X MU
1(N01) , X PAP~a# ME~a#
1(N01) , |(BU~a&BU~a).NA2~a| SZA# ME~a
1(N01) , LAGAB~b# X BU~a
1(N01) , AL
1(N01) , ZATU725
[1(N01)] , [...]
1(N01)# , [...] SZITA~a1#
1(N01) , [...]
1(N01) , SAL# GA2~a1# GI
1(N01) , SANGA~a# [...]
1(N01) , KAK~a GISZ
[...] , [...]
1(N14) 4(N01) , GI# E2~a NU11@t NUN~a DU A

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P325450) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325450..

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