Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 403
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104613.
Transliteration
[...] [x] szabra# nin-lil2 gen-na? gu4 lu2-mah nin-hur-sag-ka 1(disz) gu4 szabra ir-da gu4 a2 ge6 ilx(KAR2)-la lugal ki an-na-hi-li-bi-ta an-hi-ir i3-dab5 giri3 lu2-inanna iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u) 7(disz) zal-la mu# amar-suen-ke4 ur#-bi2-i3-lum [mu]-hul# ur-esz3-[lil2-la2] dumu lugal-[iti-da]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 403. 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 (P104613) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104613..
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