Position in chronology
CST 168
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107680.
Transliteration
5(disz) udu niga 5(disz) masz2-gal niga e2-muhaldim-sze3 mu lu2 kin-gi4-a lu2 mar-da-ma-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a lu2 ha-bu-ra u3 kas4-ke4-ne-sze3 ARAD2-mu maszkim iti u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal sza3 nibru ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ba-zi iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 168. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107680) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107680..
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