Position in chronology
MVN 02, 207
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113506.
Transliteration
1/2(disz) dingir-ama-i3-sa6 dumu ab-ba-gi-na 1(disz) du11-ga-ni-zi dumu-ni [im]-e tak4-a-me [x] x da-gu-ta [nar]-munus szul-gi-sze3 utu-bar-ra i3-dab5 mu us2-sa ma2-dara3 abzu ba-ab-du8
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 02, 207. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P113506) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113506..
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