Position in chronology
Syracuse 104
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130655.
Transliteration
2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) sa-ta gi SIG7-a gi ga6-ga2 ugula lu2-da-ni he2-na-sa6 dumu hu-ma-ti-ke4 szu ba-ti inim ensi2-ka-ta dingir-bu3-zi maszkim kiszib3 lugal-a2-zi-da iti pa4-u2-e mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 lugal-a2-zi-da dub-sar dumu da-[da]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 104. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130655) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130655..
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