Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 075
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101370.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu niga sa2-du11 siskur2 inanna sza3 e2-gal 1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) masz2-gal niga mu nin s,e-lu-usz-da-gan-sze3 1(disz) masz2 nin-sun2 2(disz) udu u2 4(disz) masz2 ba-usz2 e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147) iti-ta u4 2(u) 7(disz) ba-ra-zal zi-ga ur-lugal-edin-ka iti szu-esz5-sza mu ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 075. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101370) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101370..
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