Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 153
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103971.
Transliteration
2(disz) gu4 u2 1(disz) udu u2 bar su3-ga mu-kux(DU) lugal ki na-sa6-ta mu ta2-din-esz18?-dar?-sze3 dumu ur-mu i3-dab5 kiszib3 lamma-igi-du ba-an-bala iti ezem-szul-gi mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 153. 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 (P103971) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103971..
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