Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 805
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103650.
Transliteration
2(asz) sze gur masz2 igi-3(disz)-gal2-bi se-ge4-de3 ki lu2-du10-ga-ta gi4-zabalax(|UNUG.MUSZ3.ZA|)-ke4 szu ba-ti iti dumu-zi mu en eridu ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 805. 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 (P103650) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103650..
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