Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 064
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102910.
Transliteration
1(asz) sze gur lugal dingir-szu-mu-um-da-ri2-ik lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) lugal-iri-mu 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) puzur4-esz18-dar 1(barig) i-di3-e2-a 1(asz) gur ur-szul-pa-e3 SZIM 3(ban2) geme2 usz-bar-me 6(disz) sila3 lu2 azlag2-me 3(disz) sila3 gaszam-me iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 064. 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 (P102910) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102910..
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