Position in chronology
SACT 2, 315
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129272.
Transliteration
1(disz) kasz dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2 puzur4-ma-ma gaba-asz 2(disz) kasz dida 2(ban2) 1(barig) kasz du 2(barig) ninda lugal 1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz igi-kar2 dumu-munus lugal giri3 puzur4-ma-ma u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam iti e2-iti-6(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 315. 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 (P129272) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129272..
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