AnOr 07, 298

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101593

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101593.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
8(disz) geme2 2(ban2)
u4 1(disz)-sze3
ki lugal-nig2-lagar-e-ta
[...]-x i3-dab5
[mu us2-sa? si-mu-ru]-um a-ra2 3(disz)-kam ba-hul
lu2-gi-na
dumu e2-gal-[e-si]
[aga3-us2 a-hu-a]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 298. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101593) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101593..

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