Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 644
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103489.
Transliteration
1(u) 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du ki-la2-bi 4(u) 2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 1(disz) tug2 usz#-bar ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 mu-kux(DU) ga-ni-za? szu-a-zi szu ba-ti iti szu-esz-sza mu bad3 ma-du ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 644. 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 (P103489) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103489..
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