Position in chronology
SACT 2, 284
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129241.
Transliteration
1(u) 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar tug2-ba giri3-se3-ga nibru ki lugal-ur2-ra-ni lu2 ensi2-ta kiszib3 i3-kal-la iti e2-iti-6(disz) mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul i3-kal-la dub-sar dumu lu2-sa6-ga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 284. 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 (P129241) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129241..
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