AnOr 01, 144

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101135

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101135.

Transliteration

5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
kab2-ku5 i7-sal4-la sahar si-ga
ugula ab-ba-gi-na
giri3 a-szi-an
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
iti li9-si4
mu en x [x] ba-[hun]
lugal-e2-mah#-[e]
dub-sar#
dumu lugal-ku3-ga#-[ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 144. 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 (P101135) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101135..

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