Position in chronology
JCS 04, 104 UIOM 2031
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P420411.
Transliteration
4(disz)? udu-nita2 e2 utu 1(disz) udu-nita2 e2 iszkur 1(disz) u8 e2 inanna [1(disz)] u8 e2 na-na-a-a [1(disz)] udu-nita2 e2 nergal 1(disz) udu-nita2 e2 ma2 nanna 1(disz) udu-nita2 inanna a-na sza-da-hi#-im () 1(u) u8-udu-hi-a ki# bur-suen ba-zi kiszib sza3-tam-e-ne iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam mu bad3 gal masz-gan2-szabra ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 04, 104 UIOM 2031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P420411) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P420411..
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