Position in chronology
CST 691
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108208.
Transliteration
2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze ur5-ra gur szesz#-kal#-la sza3-gu4-ka [...] ki-su7 amar-suen-szara2-ki-ag2 ki szesz-kal-la-ta kiszib3 da-da-ga mu en ga-esz ba-hun da-da-ga dub-sar dumu ur-nigar szusz3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 691. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P108208) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108208..
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