Position in chronology
UET 3, 0750
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137074.
Transliteration
[...] kin til-la ba-a-gar [...] zabar 5(disz) gin2 [...] zabar ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na giri3 nanna-lu2-du10 zi-ga nig2-gur11 ur-nin-ezem 1(u) gin2 nagga 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na uruda mu gu-za uruda u3 gesz zabar-[sze3] 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na zabar kin til-la ba-a-gar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0750. 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 (P137074) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137074..
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