CUSAS 01, 153

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P325192

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325192.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...]
[...] , NU11# [AN]
[...] 1(N01) , AN# SZA3~a1 UR2#
[...] , [PA~a] KU3~a# A# [GISZ3~a]
1(N22) , GUG2 KASZ~a BAR
1(N01) GUG2
1(N01) , ZATU776 X
[...] , [...]
1(N01) , DUB~a SANGA~a
1(N01) , GA2~a1 ME~a EN~a SZU DU
1(N01) , TUR3~a 5(N57)
2(N01)# ME~a DAR~b# PAP~a
2(N01) , AN# NU11# [...]
1(N14) , ZATU776 X
A# HAL AL

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 153. 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 (P325192) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325192..

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