AUCT 1, 492

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103337

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103337.

Transliteration

[n] ma#-na [...]
[n] gu2 5(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma#-[na] siki tug2 usz-[bar]
2(u) 1(disz) ma-na siki a-lum x [x]
1(u) 5(asz) gu2 2(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) ma#-[na] siki tug2 3(disz)-kam# [us2]
1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) gu2 3(u) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
6(gesz2) 6(asz)# gu2 2(u) ma-na siki tug2 guz-za us2
1(gesz2)# 2(u) 1(asz) gu2 2(u)# 4(disz)# 1/3(disz) ma#-na# [siki ...]
2(u)# 1(asz)# gu2# [...]
2(asz) [gu2 ...]
2(u) 6(asz) gu2# [...] x gu4# udu
szul-gi-mi-szar szu ba-ti
1(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun gur
1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ga-TUR gur
nanna-mu-dah szu [ba]-an-[ti]
[x] tu#-ra#-am-i3-li2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 492. 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 (P103337) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103337..

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