Position in chronology
AnOr 01, 128
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101119.
Transliteration
1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 e-la-gu-uh 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2 szu-er3-ra szunigin 1(disz) dug dida 1(ban2) szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 3(disz) sila3 kasz du szunigin 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 4(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 4(disz) gin2 naga szunigin 4(disz) ku6 kun-zi-da szunigin 4(disz) sa szum2 u4 7(disz)-kam iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-gar mu en eridu ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 128. 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 (P101119) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101119..
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