AAS 069

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100057

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100057.

Transliteration

3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
ki ba-sa6-ga gu-za-la2-ta
lugal-nig2-lagar-e
dumu lugal-e2-mah-e-ke4
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szul-[gi]
mu [nanna] kar#-zi-da [a-ra2 2(disz)-kam] e2-na ba-kux(KWU147)#
kiszib3 nu-ra-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 069. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P100057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100057..

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