Position in chronology
TMH 05, 097
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020511.
Transliteration
[x] 5(asz@c) ziz2 lid2-ga sa2-du11 gurusz-ne-kam ur-tur [...] iti 6(disz@t)-[kam?] SAR-bil2# [x] ki isz-me#-i3-lum-ta
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 097. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P020511) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P020511..
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