AnOr 01, 063

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101054

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101054.

Transliteration

2(u) gurusz ugula dux(GIN2)-la2
1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz ugula lugal-gigir-re
7(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz ugula lugal-mu-ma-ag2
8(disz) gurusz ugula ku3-masz#?
7(disz) gurusz ugula lugal-nig2-lagar-e
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz ugula usz-mu
7(disz) gurusz ugula da-da
7(disz) gurusz ugula ARAD2-mu
4(disz) gurusz ugula x-x
8(disz) gurusz ugula hul-kal#?-ga
ma2 gid2-da
giri3 a-tu
mu ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 063. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101054) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101054..

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