Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 694
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103539.
Transliteration
1(u) 7(disz) udu niga 2(disz) gukkal niga 1(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal niga sa2-du11 nin-lil2-la2 iti 1(disz)-kam zi-ga sza3 tum-ma-al ki en-dingir-mu iti ezem-nin-a-zu mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 694. 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 (P103539) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103539..
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