Position in chronology
SACT 1, 125
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128880.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 inanna mu-kux(DU) ensi2 gu2-du8-a [x] sila4 utu mu-kux(DU) ensi2 ka-zal-lu [x] sila4 1(disz) masz2 inanna mu-kux(DU) en inanna zabar-dab5 maszkim 1(disz) sila4 ba-usz2 e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3 zi-ga u4 6(disz)-kam iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 125. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128880) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128880..
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