Position in chronology
CST 193
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107705.
Transliteration
6(disz) udu niga 4(disz) masz2-gal niga e2-muhaldim-sze3 mu za-ri2-iq lu2 a-szur5 szu-szul-gi ti-sza-da-hi u3 lu2 szi-ma-nu-um-ke4-ne-sze3 ARAD2-mu maszkim sza3 nibru iti u4 2(u) 5(disz) ba-zal zi-ga ki lu2-dingir-ra iti ezem-an-na mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 193. 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 (P107705) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107705..
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