Position in chronology
YOS 18, 077
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142471.
Transliteration
1(u) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga ga2-gi4-a 1(u) sila3 i3-nun# du10-ga ga2#-gi4-a# ki ur-nigar-ta si-NE-e szu ba-ti mu 3(disz)-kam us2-sa-bi
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — YOS 18, 077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Colgate University Libraries, Hamilton, New York, USA (P142471) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142471..
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