Position in chronology
ATU 5, pl. 051, W 9312,f
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P001181.
Transliteration
[...] , [...] 1(N01) , MASZ ZATU625 1(N01) , DUB~b? [...] , [...] [...] , X [...] 1(N01) , |2(N57).AB2|
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk IV (ca. 3350-3200 BC)) — ATU 5, pl. 051, W 9312,f. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P001181) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P001181..
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