Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 014
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104247.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu u2 2(disz) masz2-gal u2 ki puzur4-en-lil2-ta ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5 iti ezem-an-na mu e2 szara2 ba-du3 szu-suen lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba ur-ku3-nun-na dub-sar dumu lu2-nin-gir2-su kuruszda ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 014. 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 (P104247) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104247..
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