AnOr 07, 314

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101609

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101609.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) sa gi
e2-masz kux(KWU147)-ra
1(u) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
kar-ta e2-masz-sze3
pa-ku5 asalx(|A.TU.NIR|) ga6-ga2
ugula e2-gal-e-si
[kiszib3 szara2]-kam
[mu ma-da za]-ab#-[sza-li ba]-hul#
szara2-kam
dub-sar
dumu lugal-kiri6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 314. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101609) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101609..

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