Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 948
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103793.
Transliteration
4(disz) har ku3-babbar 8(disz) gin2-ta-ta en adab mu-gi4 1(disz) en-nam-szita-szul-gi-ra-ke4-ba-gub en en-ki adab mu alan lugal in-du-sza-a-sze3 in-be6-e-esz2 [ARAD2-]nanna sukkal-mah maszkim ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ba-zi sza3 [adab] [iti] ezem-an-na mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul 8(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 948. 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 (P103793) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103793..
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