Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 946 = AUCT 3, 282
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103791.
Why it matters
Transliteration
1(disz) i3-gesz 5(disz) gin2 ku3-sze3 an-ne2-mu-ra ki ur-su4-an-na-ke4 in-szi-sa10 iti udru mu us2-sa szu-suen bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 an-ne2-mu dumu lugal#-mu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 946 = AUCT 3, 282. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103791) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103791..
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