Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 007
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101302.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 i-mi-id-dingir szabra 1(disz) gu4 u2 1(u) udu u2 ur-nigar 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 gal-la-a iti-ta u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-ra-zal mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-si2-im-tum a2-bi2-la-tum i3-dab5 iti ses-da-gu7 mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101302) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101302..
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