Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 452
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104660.
Transliteration
2(disz) amar masz-da3-nita2 en-lil2 1(disz) amar masz-da3-nita2 1(disz) amar masz-da3-munus nin-lil2 a-tu sagi maszkim iti u4 2(u) 5(disz) ba-zal ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ba-zi iti masz-da3-gu7 mu en eridu ba-hun ur-nin-gesz-zi-da dub-[sar] dumu i3-kal-la
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 452. 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 (P104660) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104660..
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