Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 108
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103926.
Transliteration
1(disz) amar masz-da3-nita2 e2-uz-ga ur-ba-ba6 muhaldim maszkim 2(disz) sila4 na-ap-la-num2 mar-tu giri3 lugal-inim-gi-na sukkal ARAD2-mu maszkim sza3 mu-kux(DU)-ra-ta u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi giri3 nu-ur2-suen dub-sar iti ses-da-gu7 mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun 3(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 108. 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 (P103926) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103926..
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