Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 300
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104513.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2-gal 6(disz) sila4 na-ba?-gi kiszib3 a2-dingir-ga2-ta ki lu2-utu a-al-la-mu i3-dab5 iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu za-ab-sza-li ba-hul a-al-la-mu dumu la-na kuruszda
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 300. 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 (P104513) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104513..
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