Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 300
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103145.
Transliteration
[...] 2(u) 6(disz) dusu2-nita2 2(u) 2(disz) dusu2-nita2 mu 3(disz) 2(disz) dusu2-nita2 mu 2(disz) gu4 apin gir2-su-sze3 giri3 lugal-im-ri-a dub-sar lu2 gir2-su mu-kux(DU) lugal ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ARAD2-mu i3-dab5 iti ezem-nin-a-zu mu en-nun-e-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2 [en] eridu ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 300. 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 (P103145) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103145..
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