Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 326 + 336
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104144.
Transliteration
5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar# al-hul#-a nam#-ra#-ak# ur#-bi2#-lum im#-[...] szagina#? szu [im]-mi-in-us2 mu#-kux(DU) giri3 [...] puzur4-er3-ra szu ba-ti sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 4(disz)#? ba-zal mu ur-bi2-lum# ba-hul# 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 326 + 336. 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 (P104144) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104144..
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