AUCT 1, 249

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103094

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103094.

Transliteration

8(disz) gu4
2(disz) ab2
2(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu
4(u) 8(disz) u8
2(u) 2(disz) masz2-gal
1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) ud5
mu-kux(DU) lugal
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ha-ba-lu5-ge2 ensi2 adab
iti ezem-mah
mu en nun-e-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2
1(u) gu4 5(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 249. 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 (P103094) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103094..

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