Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 255
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104471.
Transliteration
2(disz) kid szu2 ma2 ki a-gu-ta ma2 siskur2 unu lugal-e-ba-an-sa6 szu ba-ti sza3 bala mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um mu-hul lu2-kal-la dub-sar dumu ur-e11-e szusz3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 255. 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 (P104471) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104471..
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