Position in chronology
Georgica 3.01
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109406.
Transliteration
2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 gir2 ku5-ra2 ugula a-da-lal3 a-sza3 me-en-kar2 kiszib3 lugal-ukken-ne2 szabra gu4 mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi lugal-ukken-ne2 nu-banda3-gu4 dumu lugal?-x-x-x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 3.01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109406..
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