Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 358
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101653.
Transliteration
[...] [x] dug# gal# [x] dug# 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 al#-ba-ni-du11 [szunigin (x)] 4(u) 8(disz) dug gal [szunigin (x)] 1(u) 4(disz) dug 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...] x [...] sila3 [...] [...] x [...] 5(disz) sila3 [...]-ta [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 358. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101653) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101653..
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