Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 418
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104627.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) masz2 ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta mu-kux(DU) szu-ku-bu-um i3-dab5 iti a2-ki-ti mu en inanna ba-[hun] [...] dub-sar dumu bu-[...] dumu dingir-ma-[x]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 418. 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 (P104627) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104627..
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