Amherst 093

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100932

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100932.

Transliteration

3(ban2) sze lugal sze ur5-ra ak dumu-gu4-gur
a-tu-gu-la engar
3(ban2) al-la
3(ban2) a2-zi-da
3(ban2) ur-nansze x
3(ban2) ur-esz3-lil2-la2 engar
3(ban2) ur-e2-an-na
ki lugal-lu2-sa6-ga!-ta
sze ur5-ra ak
mu szesz-kal-la nu-banda3-gu4-sze3
kiszib3 ur-ba-ba6 dumu e2-ab-sza3-ga ib2-ra
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
ur-ba-ba6
dumu e2-ab-sza3-ga?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Amherst 093. 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 (P100932) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100932..

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