Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 246
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134557.
Transliteration
1(bur3) GAN2 a-gar3 tur-tur min-a-bi us2-sa-du ur-e2-an-na-ka a-sza3 lu2-en-ki-ka ur-me-me-ke4 apin-la2-sze3 i3-dab5 a-sza3 a-balag-a a ma-nu-ka gu2 i7 bugin-e-dar-ra iti masz2-da3-gu7 mu us2-sa si-ma-num2 ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 246. 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 (P134557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134557..
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