Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 423
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104632.
Transliteration
1(barig) 6(disz) sila3 gamun2 babbar lugal ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze ki ur-lamma-ta kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e sza3 bala iti dal mu e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 lugal-si-NE-e dub-sar dumu lugal-sa6-ga lu2 ur3-ra-[ka]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 423. 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 (P104632) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104632..
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