Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 11 (118)
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249031.
Transliteration
1(u) 4(disz)# [...] x x 4(disz) sila3 kasz ninda-ta# u4 3(disz)-kam 4(ban2) 4(disz)# sila3# kasz 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda# a2 u4# [n]-kam# 4(ban2)# 4(disz)# sila3 kasz# 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda [a2 u4 n]-kam# [...] x x [...] [...] [...] lu2# [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 11 (118). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249031) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249031..
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