Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 271
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101566.
Transliteration
pisan#-dub-ba gaba#-ri kiszib3 lu2 nig2-dab5-ke4-ne ugu2-a ga2-ga2-de3 kiszib3#-bi ur-nun-gal [...] x [...] [...] x x [...] [i3]-gal2 giri3 [x]-ba-ba6 u3 x x-zi iti ezem-szu-suen [mu] [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 271. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101566) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101566..
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