Position in chronology
UET 3, 0835
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137159.
Transliteration
x [...] 3(disz) [...] 4(disz) nig2# [...] 2(disz) nig2 za3-hi#-[li] gal-zu-da-ri2-bu3#-[...] 1(disz) mar gu2-ne [...] da#?-[...] [n] ma-zal-lum x mu# [...] [n] 1(disz) pesz3 nu-zu-hum [...] [n] pesz3 ga2-x-x [...] [...] x e2# x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0835. 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 (P137159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137159..
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