AnOr 07, 212

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101507

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101507.

Transliteration

1(asz) 3(ban2) tu-ra#
ur-en-lil2-[la2]
iti 4(disz)-sze3
iti li9-si4-ta
iti dumu-zi-sze3
ugula ur-iszkur
kiszib3 e2-gal-e-si
mu hu#-[uh2]-nu-ri ba-[hul]
e2-gal-e-si
dub-sar
dumu lu2-szara2
sa12-du5-[ka]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 212. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101507) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101507..

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