Position in chronology
JCS 38, 252 10
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112186.
Transliteration
4(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal sze ur5-ra masz2 ga2-dam ki ur-ba-ba6-ta am#-ma-mu szu ba-ti iti ezem-an-na mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 38, 252 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA (P112186) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112186..
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