ACI 06

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P370981

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370981.

Transliteration

la2-ia3 1(barig) engar-zi
1(barig) edin-ta
1(barig) ur-zikum-ma
1(barig) ur-gigir dumu ur-nim
1(barig) e2-lu2-bi-zu 1(barig) im-ta e3-a
1(barig) szara2-kam dumu da-ti-ti-ni
la2-ia3-am3 sza3 bala-a
kiszib3 szara2-a-mu
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
szara2-a-[mu]
[dumu] szara2-[szesz]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ACI 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho, USA (P370981) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370981..

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