AUCT 1, 178

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103024

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103024.

Transliteration

1(u) gu4 niga
1(disz) gu4
8(disz) ab2
ab2 mu 2(disz)
1(disz) amar dusu2-nita2
1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2(ban2) sze
ib2-tak4 nig2-ka9-ak sila-a SIG7-a
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ur-esz3-lil2-la2 i3-dab5
mu en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 178. 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 (P103024) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103024..

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