Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 336
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330406.
Transliteration
2(ban2) da-a-ga 3(ban2) da-mi2-ma 2(ban2) nin-e-bar-ga2 2(ban2) nin-dub-sar 3(ban2) 1(disz) nin-kal-la 2(ban2) nin-nam-ha-ni 2(ban2) nin-he2-gal2 1(barig) hu-bu 1(ban2) 5(disz) bu3-u2-esz18-dar 2(ban2) nin-ga2-bi2-du11 1(ban2) 5(disz) munus-am3 1(ban2) ur-mes 1(ban2) ur-a-szar2 AD?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 336. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330406..
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