AUCT 1, 437

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103282

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103282.

Transliteration

1(disz) [...] zabar#
nam-ra-ak x [...]
a-mur-e2-a szagina#
szu im-mi-in-[us2]
mu-kux(DU)
giri3 lu2-dingir-[x] dumu x-[...]
di-ku5-mi-[szar]
szu ba-[ti]
sza3 [puzur4-isz-da-gan]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 437. 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 (P103282) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103282..

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