Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 450
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103295.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal lu2-na-ru2-a kiszib3-bi ki szu-na-mu-gi4 i3-gal2 1(u) 8(asz) sze gur 1(barig) SZIM du bil3-la-ti lu2 lunga-me sze szu ti-a lu2 lunga-ke4-ne iti GAN2-masz-ta iti sze-il2-la-sze3 iti-bi 1(u) 3(disz)-am3 iti diri 1(disz)-am3 sza3-ba i3-gal2 mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 450. 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 (P103295) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103295..
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