AnOr 01, 145

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101136

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101136.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) kusz gu4 u2-hab2
gigir-ra sag ri-a
5(disz) kusz udu a u2 i3-ri2-na gu7-a
ka-bi gu2? ba ka-asz-ra kesz2
giri3 nanna-hi-li
lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal
ki nigar-ki-du10 aszgab-ta
iti li9-<si4>
mu en ga-esz ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 145. 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 (P101136) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101136..

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