AnOr 01, 237

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101228

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101228.

Transliteration

1(disz) szen-dili2-e#
ki-la2-bi 5/6(disz) ma-na#
1(disz) nagar zabar x
ki-la2-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na#
ki gu-du-du-ta
szara2-kam szu ba-ti
iti li9-[si4]
mu en inanna# unu masz2-e i3-pa3#
szara2-[kam]
dumu lugal-e2-mah-e nagar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 237. 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 (P101228) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101228..

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