AUCT 1, 143

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102989

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102989.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(asz) sze gur
sze sze [...] gi#
ki ur#-[...]-ta
ur-en-lil2#-la2#
szu ba-an-ti
mu ur-en-lil2-la2-sze3#
kiszib3 a-hu-ni
iti dumu-zi
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 143. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P102989) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102989..

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