Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 974
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103819.
Transliteration
1(disz) gur-dub tur 5(u) in-duh-szu-um szu-e2-a 2(gesz2) 4(u) muszen al-sze6-ga2 gir13-tab-ta 1(u) muszen tur szu-ku6 sa gu2?-la2-me 1(u) gug2 nig2-isz-ha-ra mu-kux(DU) nin-u3-kul-e-ki-ag2 szu ba-ti sza3 e2 sag-da-na nibru-ka iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam kar2-har ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 974. 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 (P103819) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103819..
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