Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 311
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104523.
Transliteration
[...] x sahar [x] gurusz#-e 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta [x]-la2 a-sza3 inanna-ka [(x)] x-en-lil2-la2 kiszib3 ab-ba-gi-na mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul ab-ba-gi-na dub-sar dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 311. 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 (P104523) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104523..
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