Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 140
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101435.
Transliteration
3(asz) sze gur lugal ki u2-sza-ak-il-ta ur-szu-ga-lam-ma szu ba-an-ti kiszib3 a2-bi2-lum-ma u3 lu2-suen iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2 a2-bi2-lum dumu a-hu-du10 ARAD2 szara2# lu2-suen dumu ur-sa6-ga# sipa# gu4# [niga]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 140. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101435) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101435..
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