Position in chronology
ZA 101, 052 6N-T0792
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330366.
Transliteration
1(asz@c)# [udu] 2(barig@c) zi3-sig15# 2(barig@c) nig2-bar-ra imgaga3 2(barig@c) nig2-bar-ra sze [n] gi7-lam [n] a2-an zu2-lum [n] ku6 a-gesz-gir5 [n] muszen [mu ...]-ba-ka [dumu munus-a]-ni [ensi2 an-sza]-na-ke4 [ba-tuku]-a iti# kin-inanna u4 1(u) 8(disz) zal-[la]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ZA 101, 052 6N-T0792. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P330366) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330366..
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