Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 232
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104451.
Transliteration
3(disz) x sza3 a2-ge6-[...] ki kur-x-[...] en-lil2-la2 [i3-dab5] iti ki-siki!-[nin-a-zu] mu ki-masz [ba-hul] en-lil2-la2 dumu i3-kal-la sipa gu4 niga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 232. 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 (P104451) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104451..
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