Position in chronology
SANTAG 6, 040
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211541.
Transliteration
1(u) 2(asz) gur ku6 ma? za3 1(u)-bi i3-zi? ki ur-utu szu#-ku6-ta ku-li a2-ga2 ensi2-ta szu ba-ti iti dumu-zi mu us2-sa e2 puzur4#-[]da-gan-na# ba#-du3 mu us2-sa-bi
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211541) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211541..
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