Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 965
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103810.
Transliteration
1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar sze-bi 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ad#-da szu ba-ti igi lu2-kal-la-sze3 igi gu3-de2-a-sze3 igi ur-nigar-sze3 igi ba-ti-sze3 mu lugal ezem nesag-e ga-ag2 bi2-du11 iti pa4-u2-e mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 965. 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 (P103810) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103810..
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