Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 187
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249091.
Transliteration
kiszib3 ensi2-ka 5(disz) gu4 niga 1(gesz2) 8(disz) udu niga nin-tur-tur dumu ki-ag2 szul-gi lugal nigar-ki#-[du10] gal5-la2-gal dumu giri3? [...] ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 187. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Bod S 187 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P249091). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249091..
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