Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 120
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101415.
Transliteration
1(disz) ud5 ba-usz2 u4 2(u)-kam ki# ur#-x-ta szul#-gi#-iri#?-mu#? szu ba-ti iti masz-da3-gu7 mu us2-sa# si#-ma#-num2# ba-hul 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 120. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101415..
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