Position in chronology
AuOr 32, 175-176
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P467836.
Transliteration
1(disz) uz-tur 1(disz) ir7 1(disz) tu-gur4 1(disz) szah2-NE-tur-nita2-gesz-gi nig2-gu7 nin-ga2-sze3 1(disz) uz-tur 1(disz) ir7 ba#-usz2 [e2]-gal#-la ba-an-kux(KWU636) [iti]-ta# u4 1(u) 7(disz)# ba-zal zi#-ga ur#-lugal-edin-na [iti ki]-siki# nin-a-zu mu# us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba#-hul#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AuOr 32, 175-176. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: SCSU — (Special Collections, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, USA) — from Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P467836). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P467836..
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