Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 131
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103949.
Transliteration
1(u) sze gur lugal ki a-mur-kal-la-ta a-a-kal-la nu-banda3 szu ba-an-ti egir buru14-sze3 szum2-mu-da mu lugal-bi i3-pa3 igi ku5-ku5-da-a lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal igi gu-za-ni igi a-wi-li2-a igi lugal-musz-husz iti ezem-szul-gi mu en eridu ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 131. 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 (P103949) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103949..
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