Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 260
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104475.
Transliteration
1(disz) tug2 gu2-na ki i3-kal-la-ta kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum dub-sar iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu# us2-sa si-ma-[num2] ba-hul nig2-u2-rum dub-sar dumu nanna-i3-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 260. 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 (P104475) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104475..
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