Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1151
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142773.
Transliteration
2(asz) sze gur lugal lugal-ma2-gur8#-re 2(asz) gur gu-na-na szesz ur-ma-isz-ti#-su#-ka 2(asz) ur-zabala3 kikken2 sa2-du11 szara2-ka a-sza3 szara2-ta ki ur-nu-ra-la#?-ta iti dal mu dumu-lugal ensi2 an-sza-na-ke4 ba-an-tuku-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1151. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142773) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142773..
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