AUCT 1, 231

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103077

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103077.

Transliteration

1(u) 7(disz) ku6 gu4-gal
2(disz) ku6 gu4 a2-gu4
4(disz) ku6 had2
5(u) ku6 sig had2
1(disz) kur-gi
1(gesz2) 1(u) uz#-tur# x
1(disz) hal sig sikil
2(disz) pisan 3(disz) dug ub3 gid2
e2-sze3
1(disz) dug udul2 i3-nun
1(disz) dug udul2 ga-ar3
x ur-ama-na
giri3 szara2-i3-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 231. 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 (P103077) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103077..

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