Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 434
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104643.
Transliteration
1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 du6-ra a-sza3 nun-na-ka-ta a-pi4-sal4-sze3 sze zi-ga ugula lu2-dingir-ra kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2 iti dal [...] mu en#-[...]-an-na en# [...] ba-hun lugal-he2-gal2 dub-[sar] dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 434. 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 (P104643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104643..
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