Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/2, pl. 083, 1933-0389c
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248583.
Transliteration
1(disz) asz2-gar3# sipa-da-ri2-ta# 1(disz) udu du-du 1(disz) udu ARAD2-nanna 1(disz) masz2 lu2-nanna dumu nin-mar-ka x-[...]-x-NIG2 [...] [...] udu# gu7#-u2#-KA# 1(disz)# udu# da#-a#-ga 1(disz) udu# bi2#-du11#-i3-sa6# 1(disz)# udu# da#-[...] [...] udu# 3(disz)# masz2# [x] ur#-[...] x ga x x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 083, 1933-0389c. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248583) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248583..
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