Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 216
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134527.
Transliteration
1(disz) [...] siki sza3 tug2 x x x geme2 x-ma-ka u3 ensi2-ka ib2-pesz5 ki lugal-ma2-gur8-re-ta ba-zi iti sig4-ga [u4 x ba-zal] mu szu-suen [...] lu2-dingir-ra dub-sar dumu ur-dun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 216. 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 (P134527) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134527..
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