Position in chronology
SACT 2, 005
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128962.
Transliteration
9(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kab2-ku5 kiri6 lugal-sa6-ta szusz3 szu ti-a ugula lu2-du10-ga kiszib3 gu-[du]-du mu e2 szara2 ba-du3 szu-suen lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba gu-du-du dub-sar dumu da-da-[ga] ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 005. 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 (P128962) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128962..
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