Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 083
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102929.
Transliteration
4(disz) udu niga 1(disz) masz2-gal nin-lil2 2(disz) masz2-gal niga du6-ku3 2(disz) udu niga suen 2(disz) udu niga du6 pesz3 nansze-GIR2@g?-gal maszkim iti u4 2(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal zi-ga sza3 tum-ma-al ki na-lu5 iti ezem-szul-gi mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 083. 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 (P102929) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102929..
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