Position in chronology
Berens 048
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105759.
Transliteration
2(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 ninda gur na-ap-ta2-num2 zi-ga lu2-gi-na u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam kiszib3 lugal-en3-tar-su3# iti szu-numun mu us2-sa ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8 lugal-en3-tar-su3 dub-sar dumu lu2-nin-szubur#?
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 048. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105759) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105759..
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