Position in chronology
UET 3, 1745
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138071.
Transliteration
2(disz) tug2 se11-se11-hu-um 2(disz) tug2 bar-si u3-gun3 se11-se11-hu-um ki-la2-bi 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) tug2 bar-si a-ab-du ki-la2-bi 1(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na ur-szul-pa-e3 szu ba-an-ti tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga mu-kux(DU) lu2-nanna dumu ku3-nanna nu-banda3 bi2-sza-hi-dingir giri3 suen-dan dub-sar iti ezem#-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1745. 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 (P138071) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138071..
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