Position in chronology
UET 3, 0096
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136413.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) muszen 3(disz) giri3-lam zu2-lum 1(ban2)-ta 1(disz) giri3-lam 3(barig) par4 [...] 1(disz) e2-da |UR2x(A.NA)| nig2-gal ki lugal-sze3 3(disz) giri3-lam zu2-lum 1(ban2)-ta 2(disz) e2-da zu2-lum [...-ta] ki nin-sze3 masz2-da-re-a u4 3(u)-[kam] iti a2-ki-ti mu en#-am-gal []inanna ba-[hun]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0096. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136413) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136413..
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