Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 361
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103206.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 en-lil2 1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2 mu-kux(DU) wa-ta2-ru-um sanga a-tu sagi maszkim u4 4(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi iti a2-ki-ti mu en nun-e-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu ba-hun 2(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 361. 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 (P103206) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103206..
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