Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 026
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102872.
Transliteration
1(barig) sze gur sze ur5-ra mu da-da szagina# zabala3-ka-[sze3] kiszib3 szu-i3-li2 x-x szunigin 1(barig) gur sze ur5-ra 4(asz) sze gur?(LU) szunigin 1(barig) gur sze sumun e2 BAD-BAD ki-su7-ra kam-sal4-la-ta iti e2-iti-6(disz)-ta iti dumu-zi-sze3 mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 026. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P102872) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102872..
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