Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 400
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103245.
Transliteration
1(disz) ab2 u2 szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim mu lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3 ARAD2-mu maszkim u4 8(disz)-kam ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta [ba]-zi [giri3] nu-ur2-suen sza3-tam u3 du11-ga dub-sar iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-pa3 1(disz) gu4
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 400. 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 (P103245) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103245..
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