AnOr 07, 345

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101640

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101640.

Transliteration

x x sa2-du11 [...] u3 sa2-du11 [...]
[...]-nig2-lagar-e
[... sa2]-du11 [...]
[...] sa2#-du11 kas4 [...]
[...]-gi-na
[...] kiszib3 lu2-[...]
[...] kiszib3# lugal-[...]
[...]
[...] NE [...]
[...] ansze [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 345. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101640) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101640..

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