Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 076
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102922.
Transliteration
2(barig) 3(ban2) sze du8 u4 6(disz)-kam giri3 a2#-nin-ga2-ta 1(asz) sze-numun gur giri3 ARAD2-szara2# 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze du lu2 hun-ga2 giri3 IL2? lugal-esz3-e iti min-esz3 mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 076. 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 (P102922) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102922..
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