Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 326
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104538.
Transliteration
1(disz) gu4 niga ki ur-szul-pa-e3 lu2 ur3-ra-ta ARAD2-nanna dub-sar i3-dab5 mu masz2-da-re-a en nanna kar-zi-da-sze3 iti szu-esz5-sza mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul ARAD2-nanna dub-sar dumu da-a-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 326. 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 (P104538) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104538..
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