Position in chronology
AnOr 01, 066
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101057.
Transliteration
1(disz) gu4-gesz 1(disz) ur-x-x 1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu 1(disz) lu2-i3-gara2 1(disz) lugal-nesag-e 1(disz) lu2-nin-szubur 2(disz) da-da-ga mu-kux(DU) sza3 bala-a nigar-ki-du10 iti diri mu ki-masz ba-hul 1(u) 2(disz) gu4 x bar x-ga sza3 umma gu4 [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101057..
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