AnOr 07, 172

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101467

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101467.

Transliteration

1(u) la2 1(disz) [gur] in?-[u-da?]
giri3-du3-[a]
tum-malx(TUR3) [...]
ki szesz-kal-la-ta
u3-dag-ga
szu ba-ti
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu nanna kar#-[zi]-da# a-ra2 2(disz)-[kam]
e2-a-na ba-ku4?#
ur-[...]
dumu x-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 172. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101467) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101467..

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