Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 400
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104218.
Transliteration
[...] ur-EN-[...] ib2-gi-ne2 nu-e igi ku5-da ugula e2 nin-imma3 1(disz) ur-iti ad-kup4 1(disz) ku3-sa6-[ga] 1(disz)# nam-ha-[ni] 1(disz) ur-[...] dumu lugal-[...] 1(disz) giri3-ni 1(disz) ur-ubur-re# dumu du-gu x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 400. 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 (P104218) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104218..
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