AnOr 07, 258

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101553

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101553.

Transliteration

4(ban2) zu2-lum lugal
nig2 siskur2-ra a-sza3
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3
4(ban2) zu2-lum
nig2 siskur2-ra a-sza3 sag-ka kesz2-ra2
giri3 ur-iszkur sagi
zi-ga
iti sze-il2-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 258. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101553) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101553..

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