AnOr 07, 152

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101447

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101447.

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 3(disz) ma-na
1(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 5(disz) ma-na
7(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 2(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
ki-la2-bi 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
mu-kux(DU)
ki szul-gi-i3-li2-ta
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 152. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101447) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101447..

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