Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 394
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103239.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) sze gur kiszib3 lugal-engar 2(u) 9(asz) sze gur kiszib3 ur-du6-ku3-ga tum3-dam kiszib3 la-gi-ip zi-re-dam mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-pa3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 394. 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 (P103239) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103239..
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