Amherst 040

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100878

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100878.

Transliteration

4(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
a2 lu2 siki gesz gu4 ensi2
ki ur-nansze-ta
utu-bar-ra dumu a-tu
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-dumu-zi
mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Amherst 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P100878) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100878..

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