AnOr 01, 301

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101292

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101292.

Transliteration

3(barig) sze lugal
sza3-gal uz-tur
ur-am3-ma-ke4
szu ba-ti
2(barig) sze-ba
szu-esz18!-dar dumu ur-dumu-zi-da
SIG7-a
1(barig) 1(ban2) szu-szu2-amar-en-na-sze3
1(barig) ur-a:szar2
1(disz) ur-suen
1(disz) szesz-kal-la
sze-ba sza3 sahar ki ur-ab-zu
lu2-nin-szubur i3-dab5
iti e2-iti-6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 301. 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 (P101292) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101292..

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