Position in chronology
SACT 2, 247
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129204.
Transliteration
6(disz) szah2-tur ku3-szara2 i3-dab5 5(disz) szah2-tur szesz-kal-la i3-dab5 kiszib3 lu2-he2-gal2 sza3 unu mu ki-masz ba-hul lu2-[he2-gal2] dumu [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 247. 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 (P129204) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129204..
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