Amorites 24

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100989

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100989.

Transliteration

[...]
1(disz) x [...] gun3-a
1(disz) amar gu4 ga mar-tu
1(u) 5(disz) sila4 ga ki-en-gi
1(u) 6(disz) kir11 ga ki-en-gi
1(u) 7(disz) sila4 ga szimaszgi2
1(u) 5(disz) kir11 ga szimaszgi2
1(u) 2(disz) masz2 ga szimaszgi2
1(u) la2 1(disz) asz2-gar3 ga szimaszgi2
[szunigin] 6(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
[szunigin] 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
u3-tu-da
[(x)] lu2-dingir-ra
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Amorites 24. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P100989) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100989..

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