Position in chronology
NATN 466
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121164.
Transliteration
4(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sa gi gu#-nigin2#-na 2(u) sa-ta ba-an-gar mu-kux(DU) ki en-me-te-na-ta mu gi nig2-sa10 sze ur-me-me-ke4 in-da-an-tuku kiszib3 ur-szu-mah iti udru u4 1(u) la2 1(disz) zal-la mu ma2-dara4!-abzu ba-ab-du8 ur-szu-mah dub-sar dumu ur-me-me-ka
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 466. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P121164) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121164..
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