AnOr 07, 150

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101445

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101445.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
a-nigar?-nu-tuku sukkal
1(disz) sila4 lu2-sun2-zi-da
1(disz) sila4 lu2-nanna szagina
1(disz) sila4 sza3-kal-la
1(disz) sila4 niga lu2-nanna
1(disz) sila4 puzur4-esz18-dar
1(disz) asz2-gar3 en inanna
1(disz) sila4 lu2-dingir-ra
2(disz) sila4 e2-a-i3-li2
1(disz) asz2-gar3 bu-bu
mu-kux(DU)
iti a2-ki-ti
mu us2-sa ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul
u4 2(u)-[kam]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 150. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101445) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101445..

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