Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 108
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134420.
Transliteration
2(gesz2) 1(ban2) sze gur ur5-sze3 masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta iti sig4-gi4-gi4-de3 ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta i-s,u2-ur-i3-li2 szu ba-ti 1(disz) lu2-iszkur 1(disz) masz-gu-la lu2-inim-ma-bi-me iti bara2-za3-gar-ra mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3 [...] lukur nin-[...] i-s,ur-i3-[li2] lu2 lunga ARAD2#-[zu]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 108. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134420) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134420..
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