Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 320
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104532.
Transliteration
1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta du11-ga-ni szu ba-ti iti dal-sze3! su3-su3-dam mu lugal-bi i3-pa3 du11-ga-ni dumu giri3-ni?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 320. 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 (P104532) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104532..
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