Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 295
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104113.
Transliteration
2/3(disz) <gin2> la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar ki-la2 ku3 hu-a-x ki i3-lum-suen muhaldim ba-za-ta ba-ta-du8 e2-gal-ta e3-a giri3 szul-gi-ma-ti ra2-gaba mu-kux(DU) lu2-dingir-ra szu ba-ti sza3 nibru iti a2-ki-ti mu bi2-tum-ra-bi2-um ia3-ab-ru ma-da-bi u3 [hu]-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul 2/3(disz) <gin2> la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 295. 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 (P104113) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104113..
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