ASJ 16, 105 02

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102581

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102581.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2-gal niga
ba-usz2 u4 8(disz)-kam
sza3 tum-ma-al
ki en-dingir-mu
szul-gi#-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
iti ses-da-gu7
mu us2-sa# gu-za [ba-dim2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 16, 105 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bible Lands Museum, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (P102581) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102581..

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