AnOr 07, 203

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101498

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101498.

Transliteration

[(x)] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) nig2-ar3-[ra?] du gur
sze-bi 2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
sza3-gal amar du3-a kesz2-[ra2]
2(asz) 2(barig) duh saga gur#
sza3-gal amar mu-kux(DU)
ki ur-e11-e-ta
kiszib3 a-tu
mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 203. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101498) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101498..

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