Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 088
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103906.
Transliteration
2(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz)-kam us2 2(disz) gu4 niga nanna a-bi2-a-bi2-ih sagi maszkim iti u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-zal ki ur-szu-ga-lam-ma ba-zi sza3 uri5-ma iti ses-da-gu7 mu ma2-dara4-abzu ma2 en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 088. 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 (P103906) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103906..
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