Position in chronology
CUSAS 31, 179
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P433199.
Transliteration
2(N45) 6(N01) , BA# [...] 1(N01) , GAL~a# NIMGIR [...] IM~a# ZATU686~a ERIM2 [...] SIG# [...] , UR~a# [...] X X [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 31, 179. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P433199) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P433199..
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