Position in chronology
JCS 02, 190 PTS 0319
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126900.
Transliteration
2(disz) kid [...] ki-la2-bi 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sza3 gin2 2(disz) gur ki gub-ba ku3 ur-ra a bala-e se-ge4-de3 ki ur-szul-pa-e3-ta kiszib3 lugal-nir mu en eridu ba-hun lugal-nir dub-sar dumu ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba-ka
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 02, 190 PTS 0319. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126900) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126900..
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