Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 632
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103477.
Transliteration
4(disz) ab2 sila-ta e3-a sza3 sza13-dub-ba-ta ki i-din-suen-ta mu-kux(DU) en-lil2-la2 i3-dab5 iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 632. 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 (P103477) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103477..
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