AnOr 07, 124

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101419

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101419.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 niga ba-usz2
e2-gal-sze3
ki na-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
ur-e2#-ninnu-ke4
szu [ba]-an-ti
[iti u4 n] ba-zal
[...]-ba-ba6
[...]-sa6-ga
[iti ses]-da-gu7!
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 124. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101419) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101419..

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