Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 312
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104524.
Transliteration
2(disz) [...] 2(disz) x [...]-ta# sipa [...]-en#-sze3 sze [...] GA2? tab-ba sa2-du11 didli ki nu-hi-dingir-ta an-ne2-ba-ab-du7 szu ba-ti iti szu-esz5-sza mu ki-masz ba-hul an-ne2-ba-ab-du7 dub-sar dumu ka-sa6
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 312. 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 (P104524) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104524..
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