AUCT 1, 525

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103370

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103370.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 nig2-[lam2 ...]
al-la-sza-ru-um dumu-munus za-la-a
sag [...] x za-la-a
x [...] lugal
[...]
li!(SZA)-i3-si-in maszkim
ki du-u2-du-ta
ba-zi
sza3 uri5-ma
iti ezem-an-na
mu gu-za en-[lil2] ba-dim2
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 525. 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 (P103370) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103370..

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