Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 325
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104537.
Transliteration
iti diri sze-sag-[ku5-ta] [iti] sig4-x-[...-sze3] x-x-bi-la-x-dam ki lu2-szara2-ta lu2-nin-gir2-su szu ba-an-ti hu-un-szul-gi szagina umma lu2-nin-gir2-su dub-sar dumu lu2-gu-la szabra ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 325. 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 (P104537) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104537..
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