AUCT 1, 542

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103387

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103387.

Transliteration

1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) kusz
nig2-gal2-la
la2-ia3 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) ad7 udu
8(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) ad7 sila4
3(gesz2) kusz udu
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) kusz sila4
3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) szu4-dul4 udu
4(u) la2 1(disz) szu4-dul4 sila4
la2-ia3-am3
ur-ig-alim
szu ba-ti
sza3 ki-nu-nir
u3 sza3 gu2-ab-ba
mu ha-ar-szi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 542. 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 (P103387) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103387..

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