Position in chronology
Buffalo SNS.11-2, 141 10
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107412.
Transliteration
3(disz) gurusz ugula ba-sa6 3(disz) ugula lugal-ukken-ne2 3(disz) ugula ur-en-lil2-la2 3(disz) ugula lugal-e2-mah-e 3(disz) ugula da-du-mu 3(disz) ugula ur-gigir 3(disz) ugula ur-gigir szabra 3(disz) ugula lugal-ku3-zu 2(disz) ki-su7 gub-ba 3(disz) ugula i7-pa-e3 3(disz) ugula ur-mes gu4-tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a la2-a gurum2 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Buffalo SNS.11-2, 141 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA (P107412) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107412..
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