ASJ 09, 266 68

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102344

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102344.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 lugal#-x-da
1(disz) sila4 kal-la-mu
1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4
dam ur-suen ensi2 urumx(|UR2xU2|)
1(disz) sila4 ensi2 gir2-su
1(disz) sila4 a2-x-[...]
1(disz) masz2#? nanna-lu2-[du10]
1(disz) [x] i-mi-id-dingir
u4# 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU)
ab-ba-sa6-ga [i3-dab5]
iti ses-da-[gu7]
mu ur-bi2-lum#[] ba-[hul]
8(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 266 68. 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 (P102344) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102344..

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