Position in chronology
MVN 03, 159
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113719.
Transliteration
8(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) [x] sze# [gur] lugal sa2-du11# [pa]-bil3#-sag-ka guru7 [x]-x-sze3 ki ur-sa6-sa6-ta ARAD2 szu ba-ti mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 03, 159. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P113719) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P113719..
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