Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 459
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104667.
Transliteration
3(disz) u8 gi 4(disz) masz2-gal babbar 3(disz) ud5 babbar szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim mu gar3-du amar-suen-ke4-ne-sze3 ARAD2-mu maszkim iti u4 2(u) 6(disz) ba-zal ki u2-ta2-mi-szar-ra-am-ta ba-zi iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu en eridu ba-hun li-bur-szul-gi dub-[sar] dumu kal-la-mu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 459. 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 (P104667) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104667..
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