Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 383
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103228.
Transliteration
4(disz) gu4 1(disz) ab2 4(disz) ab2 mu 2(disz) 1(disz) dusu2-nita2 szu-gid2 nig2-gur11 hu-un-da-ri u3 szu-i3-li2 szar-ru-um-ki-x giri3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 dumu ama-bara2 u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam iti a2-ki-ti mu gu-za ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 383. 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 (P103228) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103228..
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