Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 036
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104269.
Transliteration
1(disz) u8 ki en-um-i3-li2-ta du11-ga i3-dab5 iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun du11-ga dub-sar dumu lu2-nin-gir2-su sipa na-gab2-tum
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 036. 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 (P104269) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104269..
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