Position in chronology
ASJ 15, 140 15
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330241.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 id-da-a 1(disz) sila4 ensi2 gu2-du8-[a] 1(disz) masz2 s,e-lu-usz-da-gan 2(disz) sila4 szesz-da-da sanga 1(disz) sila4 du11-ga muhaldim 1(disz) sila4 1(disz) masz2 en inanna mu-kux(DU) iti szu-esz-sza mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul u4 5(disz)-kam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 15, 140 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P330241) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330241..
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