Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 433
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104642.
Transliteration
1(u) 3(asz) gu2 la2 1(u) ma-na esir2? had2 ki sag-ku5-ta ma2-gur8 szara2-ka ba-a-gar iti nesag mu e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 lu2-he2#?-[gal2?] dumu ur-[gigir?] [mu-sar szara2?]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 433. 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 (P104642) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104642..
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