Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 259
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104077.
Transliteration
2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ki lu2-szara2-ta lugal-ti-da szu ba-ti ur-gu-ru dumu-ni ku3 ku3-babbar gub-be2-esz i3-na-de6 da-gu-du-sa6 ak-zi lugal-gigir-re lu2 ki inim-ma-bi-me u4 1(disz)-am3 ga2!-la nu-dag-da mu lugal-bi i3-pa3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 259. 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 (P104077) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104077..
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