Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 412
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104621.
Transliteration
1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na zabar a2 mu 1(disz)-a-bi ku3 gin2 1(disz)-ta-am3 la2-e-de3 sag zabar-a-bi szu-a gi4-gi4-dam ki al-lu-ta lu2-na-ru2-a-ke4 szu ba-an-ti igi lu2-giri17-zal-sze3 igi lu2-sza-lim lu2 kin-gi4-a igi ARAD2-utu-sze3 iti li9-si4 mu na-ru2-a en-lil2 ba-du3 lu2-na-ru2-a nu-kiri6 e2-a-ni-sza
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 412. 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 (P104621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104621..
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