Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-171
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142684.
Transliteration
[2(disz)] ma2 1(gesz2) gur 2(ban2)-ta ma2-lah5-bi i3-ib2-u3 u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3 sze-bi 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur zabala3-ta nibru-sze3 gesz ba-a-gar giri3 ur-sila-luh mu# ur-bi2-lum[] ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-171. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142684) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142684..
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