Position in chronology
SACT 2, 140
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129097.
Transliteration
2(u) sar sahar ka a-DU a-kun-NE-ka 3(disz) sar e a-kun-NE 1(u) ninda gid2 1/3(disz) sar-ta sahar-bi 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sar igi e2 sa12-du5-ka 3(u) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 2/3(disz) kusz3 bur3 [sahar]-bi# 1(u) sar# [3(u) 5(disz)] ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1(disz) kusz3 bur3 [sahar]-bi# 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar [4(disz) ninda] gid2 2/3(disz) kusz3 bur3 [sahar]-bi 2(disz) 2/3(disz) sar [sza3]-iri [szunigin] 5(u) 6(disz)#? 1/2(disz) sar [a]-sza3# ka-ma-ri2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 140. 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 (P129097) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129097..
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