Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 002
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103821.
Transliteration
2(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal gur mu-kux(DU)-ta 2(asz) 1(barig) [...] sze x kin? ta? gesz x [...] x x [...] sze ur-sa6-ga 2(barig) a2 NE-x-KU? szesz#? nu-banda3 igi# ab-ba-sa6-ga bur-ma-ma i3-bala sze a-sza3 szita-ab su-pirig?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 002. 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 (P103821) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103821..
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