Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 487
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103332.
Transliteration
1(asz) 3(barig) dabin gur pu-szu-ki-in 1(asz) gur ur-si4-an-na 1(asz) im-ti-dam 3(barig) lu-lu-ba-ni 1(asz) gur iszkur-ba-ni 1(asz) gur lugal-ma2-gur8!-re 1(barig) a2-pi5-li2 1(barig) ur-mes 1(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-ma2-gur8!-re 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) nu-ur2-i3-li2 2(barig) ab-ba-kal-la [n] gur# lu2-nanna 1(barig) a2-lu-lu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 487. 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 (P103332) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103332..
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