Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 380-09
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101683.
Transliteration
[x]-kal#-la dumu x-[...] [x tug2] usz-bar zu2-uh# [ur?]-a-szar2 dumu szesz#-kal-la# [x] tug2 usz-bar zu2#-[eh] [x] sag x [...] ur-nun-[gal ...] [...] HI-da [...] x [...] i3#?-kal-la# [...] [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 380-09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101683) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101683..
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