Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 878
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103723.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur lugal gur# sa2-du11-ta ma2#-a si-ga ma#?-da-sze3 [ki] szu-na-mu-gi4-ta [ba]-ki-a ma2-lah5# szu ba-ti sze a-sza3 lugal-x x iti ses-da-gu7 mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 878. 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 (P103723) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103723..
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