Position in chronology
NATN 648
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121346.
Transliteration
2(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3 a2 nig2 ar3 3(ban2)-ta ki lu2-nin-szubur-ta a2-bi2-li2 szu ba-ti iti apin-du8-a u4 8(disz) ba-zal mu ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8 a2-bi2-li2 dub-sar dumu la-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 648. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P121346) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121346..
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