Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 098
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102944.
Transliteration
2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar sze-bi 4(asz) la2 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ki lu2-szara2 en-lil2-la2 u3 lugal-pa-e3# szu ba-ti mu lugal iti nesag-sze3 ag2-da i3-in-pa3 igi lugal-me-a-sze3 igi ur-e11-e-sze3 igi ku5-da-a-sze3 mu us2-sa ki-masz <<masz>> ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 098. 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 (P102944) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102944..
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