Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 013
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103832.
Why it matters
Transliteration
2(disz) [...] x e2 [x] x-sze3 ku3 u3#?-gur e2-a gi4-gi4-dam ki lu2-szara2-ta ur-ge6-par4-ke4 szu ba-ti igi ur-nigar igi lugal-ezem-sze3 igi a-ad-da-sze3 szu ba-ti mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 013. 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 (P103832) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103832..
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