Position in chronology
ARET 03, 207
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242399.
Transliteration
lu-mu-na-an 1(asz@c) TUG2-NI-NI 1(asz@c) _|IB2+3(DISZ@t)| dar tug2_ sza-a-ra-nu _szu-du8_ 1(asz@c) _SAL_ 1(asz@c) _|IB2+3(DISZ@t)| dar tug2_ _maszkim_-su3 [...] ma-nu-wa-ad 1(asz@c) TUG2-NI-NI 2(asz@c) _SAL_ ib-al6 1(asz@c) gu-zi 1(asz@c) _zara6_ 1(asz@c) _|IB2+3(DISZ@t)| sa6 dar_ 1(asz@c) _ib2-la2 ku3-sig17_ _en_ [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ebla (ca. 2350-2250 BC)) — ARET 03, 207. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria (P242399) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P242399..
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