Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 712
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103557.
Transliteration
1(ban2) kasz saga 1(ban2) ninda 5(disz) ku6 5(disz) sa szum2? szu-en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal 2(disz) dug dida 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gesz 1(barig) 2(ban2) ninda lugal sza3-gal ne-a-ra-asz a-ak-de3 giri3 szu-en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam iti min-esz3 mu hu-uh2-<nu-ri>
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 712. 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 (P103557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103557..
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