ASJ 09, 248 25

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102301

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102301.

Transliteration

[...] x sze x [...]
ur-[...] x
1(esze3) GAN2 2(asz) gur
a-da-ga dub-sar
1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 2(barig) 3(ban2) diri# szuku# lu2#?-szara2 mu6-sub3
3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) diri szuku lugal-suen?
apin-la2-am3
1(esze3) GAN2 sze-bi 8(asz) gur
szuku lu2-szara2 mu6-sub3
4(iku) GAN2 6(asz) gur ur-gigir igi-du8
1(bur3) GAN2 2(u) 5(asz) gur lugal-ku3-zu
1(esze3) GAN2 6(asz) gur lu2-du10-ga dumu lugal-kiri6
a-sza3 gid2-da buru14
a-sza3 szu#-nu-kusz2
[mu ...] lugal# uri5[ ...] x x x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 248 25. 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 (P102301) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102301..

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