Anonymous 458904

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P458904

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P458904.

Transliteration

1(u) 8(disz) gesz hi-a
ki ur-e11-e-ta
mu engar-e-ne
kiszib3 lugal-x-x
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bum2 a-ra2# 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba#-[hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Anonymous 458904. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Anonymous 458904 (private: anonymous, unlocated) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P458904). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P458904..

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