Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 054, 1923-419
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142789.
Transliteration
4(disz) udu u2 1(disz) [x] x AB x x 1(disz) sila4 gu3-de2-a ensi2 1(disz) asz2-gar3 2(disz) ansze x x nir-i3-da-gal2 1(disz) sila4 i-ti u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) lugal in-ta-e3-a i3-dab5 giri3 nu-ur2#-[]suen# dub-sar iti [...] x mu us2-sa# [...] lugal uri5-[ma-ke4] si-ma-num2 mu-hul# [...] 4(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 054, 1923-419. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142789) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142789..
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