Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 952
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103797.
Transliteration
1(disz) tu lu2 uru11 1(gesz2) la2 2(disz) tu-gur4 te-ze2-en6-ma-ma 2(disz) ir7 bar-bar-li2-a iti-ta u4 6(disz) ba-ra-zal mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-si2-im-ti a2-bi2-li2-a i3-dab5 iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 952. 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 (P103797) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103797..
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