Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/2, pl. 124, 1971-263
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248778.
Transliteration
1(u) 4(disz) ha-bu3-da ki-la2-bi 9(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ha-lu5-lu5 1(u) 5(disz) ha-bu3-da ki-la2-bi 9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na szesz-a-ni 1(u) 4(disz) ha-bu3-da ki-la2-bi 9(disz) ma-na 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ur-nigar 7(disz)# ha-bu3-da ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 la-a-mu kin til-la ki lu2-eb-gal-ta ARAD2 in-la2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 124, 1971-263. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248778) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248778..
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