Position in chronology
SACT 2, 021
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128978.
Transliteration
1(disz) gurusz 1(barig)-ta 7(disz) ug3-IL2 4(ban2)-ta 4(disz) ug3-IL2 3(ban2)-ta a zi-ga idigna-da gub-ba [ugula ]szara2-mu kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e iti diri mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um a-ra2 2(disz)-kam ba-hul lugal-[si-NE-e] [...] dumu giri3-ni
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 021. 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 (P128978) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128978..
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