Position in chronology
Sale Documents 093
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200890.
Transliteration
1(disz) sag nita sag-ba ha-ba-lu5-ge2 mu-ni ku3-bi 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ur-dumu-zi-da-ka lu2-szara2-ke4 i3-szi-sa10 1(disz) sag-ku5 1(disz) ba-lu5-lu5 1(disz) ur-da-da 1(disz) lugal-dab6-ba-an lu2-ki-inim-ma-me iti szu-numun u4-ba ur-li9-si4-na ensi2 umma
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Sale Documents 093. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P200890) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200890..
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