AUCT 1, 287

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103132

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103132.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 1(disz) ab2
szara2-kam
1(disz) gu4 niga nin-kal-la
1(disz) gu4 i-din-er3-ra e2-sukkal
1(disz) gu4 1(disz) ab2
lu2-nanna?
1(disz) gu4 i-din-dingir sagi sanga
3(disz) gu4 niga zabar-dab5
szunigin 4(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) gu4
szunigin 2(disz) ab2
zi-ga ki en-lil2-la2
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 287. 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 (P103132) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103132..

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