AnOr 07, 144

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101439

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101439.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4
4(u) 8(disz) udu masz2-hi-a
si-i3-tum la2-i3
be-li2-du10 kuruszda
ib2-su-su
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en nanna masz2-e i3-pa3
la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4
la2-ia3 4(u) 8(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
kiszib3 be-li2-du10 kuruszda
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en nanna masz2-e i3-pa3
be-li2-du10 kuruszda
szul-gi-<si2>-im-tum-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 144. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101439) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101439..

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