AnOr 07, 204

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101499

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101499.

Transliteration

8(gesz2) 6(disz) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam#
a2 lu2 hun-ga2 6(disz) sila3-ta
1(gesz2) 3(u) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta#
a2-bi u4 3(u)-[kam]
[a2] sza3-gu4-ka
a-sza3 szara2-he2-gal2
a-sza3-ge kin ak
nu-banda3-gu4 a-gu-gu
kiszib3 ur-szu-zi-an-ka
[mu] en-mah-gal nanna ba-hun
ur-szu-zi-[an-ka]
dub-[sar]
dumu lugal-[iti-da]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 204. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101499) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101499..

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