AnOr 01, 274

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101265

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101265.

Transliteration

1(disz) gesz tug2
1(disz) gesz nig2-ar3 mar-ma-tag
1(disz) gesz ha-gar-gu7
1(disz) gesz uzu
1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3-gu
1(barig) 3(ban2) dabin
4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda du
1(disz) dug dida saga
1(disz) dug dida du
[...]
ma2-a gar-ra
gu3-du8-a-sze3
iti ezem-szu-suen
u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 274. 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 (P101265) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101265..

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