Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 419
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103264.
Transliteration
1(disz) gu4 niga ab2 2(disz)-ta ki-ba ga2-ga2 2(disz) gu4 mu ab2-sze3 u4 5(disz)-kam szu-la2-a ki in-ta-e3-a-ta be-li2-a-zu i3-dab5 iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu ma2-dara3-abzu en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8 3(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 419. 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 (P103264) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103264..
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