Position in chronology
SACT 2, 311
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129268.
Transliteration
1(disz) kasz dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz du 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 nu-ur2-i3-li2 1(disz) kasz dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz du 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz 2(disz) gin2 naga 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 szu-en-lil2-la2 4(ban2) ninda 3(disz) kasz dida 2(ban2) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz sza3-gal kas4-e-ne giri3 szu-en-lil2-la2 u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam iti sig4-i3-szub-gar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 311. 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 (P129268) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129268..
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