Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 340
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104552.
Transliteration
1(asz) gu2 SZIM du ki er3-ra-ba-ni-ta ma-szum szu ba-ti e2 ur-nin-sun2-ta iti ezem-an-na mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-ab-du8 ma-szum dumu szu-[...] dub-[sar]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 340. 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 (P104552) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104552..
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