Position in chronology
SACT 2, 053
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129010.
Transliteration
3(gesz2) 4(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra 4(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 mar-da ri-a [a-sza3] gibil a-sza3 gu4-suhub2 a-sza3 e2 asznan u3 a-sza3 iszib-e-ne ugula lugal-isztaran kiszib3 lu2-gi-na mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul lu2-gi-na dub-sar dumu sza3-ku3-ge
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 053. 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 (P129010) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129010..
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