Position in chronology
SET 178
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129588.
Transliteration
1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gesztin had2 haszhur had2 mu-kux(DU) nu-kiri6 bara2 gir13-gesz-ke4-ne tur-ra-am-i3-li2 szu ba-ti iti szu-esz5-sza mu en unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 178. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA (P129588) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129588..
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