AnOr 01, 158

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101149

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101149.

Transliteration

8(disz) ma x [...] lugal#? [...]
2(u) su7!-su7!? x
2(u) gur nag esir2?
7(disz) ma-an-sim zi3-gu
3(disz) ma-an-sim dabin
ki a-gu-ta
kiszib3 szara2-za-me
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab#-[du8]
szara2#-[za-me]
ARAD2 [szara2]
ugula kikken2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 158. 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 (P101149) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101149..

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