Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 055
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102901.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 en-ki mu-kux(DU) bur-ma-ma dam-gar3 giri3 la-ma-ha-ar sagi en-lil2-zi-sza3-gal2 maszkim u4 6(disz)-[kam] ki ab-ba-sa6-[ga-ta] ba-zi giri3 nu-ur2-suen dub-sar iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu en eridu ba-hun 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 055. 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 (P102901) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102901..
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