AnOr 07, 354

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101649

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101649.

Transliteration

[...] giri3#-[se3-ga ...]
[n] 3(ban2) giri3-se3-ga [...]
[n] 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba# [...] u3 a-[...]
[n] 4(barig) 1(ban2) sze-ba gur# [...]
giri3#-se3-ga [...]
[...] giri3-se3#-ga# [...] u3 [...]
[n] 5(disz) sila3# [...]
[...] x x [...]
kiszib3# ARAD2
[(x)] 2(asz) kiszib3 ur-gug4
1(asz)# 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
kiszib3 lu2-nin-szubur
1(asz)# gur kiszib3 igi-szara2-sze3
sza3#-gal kunga2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 354. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101649) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101649..

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