Position in chronology
AnOr 01, 068
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101059.
Transliteration
2(u) 7(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 sze a-sza3 la2-tur-ra e2 hi-rum ga6-ga2 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-sza3 ma-nu-ta sze umma-sze3 sze zi-ga 4(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 a-sza3 la2-mah-ta sze zi-ga ugula dingir-ra kiszib3 ARAD2 mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi ARAD2-mu dub-sar dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 068. 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 (P101059) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101059..
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