Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 471
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330539.
Transliteration
2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 x-HAR ga6-ga2 en-du8-du-ta gu2 i7 ma2-gur8-sze3 ugula ur-ama-na kiszib3 gur4-sa3-an iti ezem-szul-gi mu ki-masz ba-hul gur4-sa3-an dumu al-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 471. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330539) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330539..
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