Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 169
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104394.
Transliteration
8(disz) udu x ma2-a ga2-ra# giri3 ur-en-lil2-[la2?] sipa ki# a-a-dingir-ta ur-mes i3-dab5 iti ezem-szu-[suen] mu si-ma-[num2] ba-hul# ur-mes dumu la-na kuruszda
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 169. 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 (P104394) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104394..
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