AUCT 1, 371

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103216

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103216.

Transliteration

2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
9(asz) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur
ugula lugal-sa6
3(asz) 1(barig) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur
4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) sze zi3 gur a-sza3-ta nigin2-a
ugula la-ni-a
7(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur
5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
kiszib3 du11-ga
ugula ur-kun
szunigin 5(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze zi3 gur
mu#-kux(DU)
[nu]-banda3# lugal he2-[gal2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 371. 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 (P103216) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103216..

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