Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 472
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103317.
Transliteration
1(disz) ab2 gir mu 1(disz) nibru-ta ki er3-ra-ba-ni-ta giri3 ur-ig-alim da-gi i3-dab5 iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu en nanna masz ba-pa3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 472. 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 (P103317) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103317..
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