Position in chronology
BAOM 2, 26 24
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104887.
Transliteration
3(u) 3(disz) gurusz 1(barig) sze lugal-ta 5(disz) erin2-tur-tur 4(ban2)-ta sze-bi 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur erin2 sze nu-tuku-me e2-sukkal-me ki ba-zi-ta ur-ig-alim dumu ma2-gur8-re-ke4 szu ba-ti iti ezem-dumu-zi guru7 uru11-ta giri3 ku5-da-mu mu us2-sa si-mu-ur4-ru-um lu-lu-bu ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BAOM 2, 26 24. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P104887) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104887..
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