Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 354
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101649.
Transliteration
[...] giri3#-[se3-ga ...] [n] 3(ban2) giri3-se3-ga [...] [n] 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba# [...] u3 a-[...] [n] 4(barig) 1(ban2) sze-ba gur# [...] giri3#-se3-ga [...] [...] giri3-se3#-ga# [...] u3 [...] [n] 5(disz) sila3# [...] [...] x x [...] kiszib3# ARAD2 [(x)] 2(asz) kiszib3 ur-gug4 1(asz)# 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur kiszib3 lu2-nin-szubur 1(asz)# gur kiszib3 igi-szara2-sze3 sza3#-gal kunga2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 354. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101649) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101649..
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