Position in chronology
SACT 2, 030
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128987.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz zar3 tab-ba 3(u) 1(disz) gurusz dub-la2-utu-ka gub-ba ugula tab-sza!-la gurum2 ak sza3 buru14 giri3 lu2-nam2-nun-ka u3 ur-gu4-nu2 kiszib3 lu2-nam2-nun-ka mu nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun a-du-mu mu-gi-in lu2-nam2-an-ka dub-sar dumu lu2-szara2 sa12-du5-ka
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 030. 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 (P128987) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128987..
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