Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 387
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104205.
Transliteration
1(asz) sze gur sze masz2 igi [3(disz)-gal2 ...] ki lugal-he2-gal2-ta szesz-kal-la szu ba-an-ti iti# sig4 x [...] gi4-gi4-dam# mu lugal-bi# i3-pa3# mu en nanna kar#-zi#-da ba-hun szesz-kal-la
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 387. 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 (P104205) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104205..
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