ASJ 09, 246 23

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102299

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102299.

Transliteration

8(disz) sar kin u2 sahar-ba kab2-ku5 e2-ansze-ka
1(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) sar kab2-ku5 u2-du-nin-a-ra-li
4(disz) sar kab2-ku5 gu4-suhub2
1(u) 9(disz) sar 6(disz) gin2 kab2-ku5 a-bu3#-ka
1(u) 6(disz) sar kab2-ku5 na-ra-am-suen
7(disz) sar kab2-ku5 u2-du-mu-ul-li
2(u)# 4(disz) sar [...] u2-[...]
6(disz)# sar kab2-ku5 [...]
szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sar 6(disz) gin2 kin u2# sahar-ba
kin e2-ta e3-a
kiszib3 lu2-szara2
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
lu2-szara2
dub-(sar)
dumu iri-bar-[re]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 246 23. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P102299) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102299..

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