Position in chronology
MCS 8, 59 AO 7896
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112867.
Transliteration
1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(barig) sze gur lugal a2 geme2 kikken-sze3 i3-dub a-sza3 da-ze2 igi ambar-ta ki ba-zi-ta lu2-utu szu ba-ti iti ezem-li9-si4 mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MCS 8, 59 AO 7896. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P112867) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112867..
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