AnOr 01, 089

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101080

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101080.

Transliteration

1(barig) al-lu-mu
3(barig) nig2-mu-me-en8
2(barig) ma2-gur8-re
1(barig) 3(ban2) ad-da-lu2
4(barig) 5(ban2)? x-[...]
szunigin 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
guru7-a kux(KWU147)-ra
giri3 lu2-dingir-ra
iti nesag
mu us2-sa en-unu6-gal ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 089. 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 (P101080) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101080..

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