Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 327
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104539.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 esz3-esz3 e2-u4 1(u) 5(disz) szum2-mu-da igi-en-lil2-sze3 BI?-GAZ? mu lugal-bi in-pa3 iti a2-ki-ti mu ma2-dara3 en-ki ba-ab-du8 igi-en-lil2-sze3 muhaldim lugal dumu [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 327. 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 (P104539) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104539..
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