AUCT 1, 774

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103619

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103619.

Transliteration

5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2 uruda
ki pa3-da-ta
5(disz) ma-na la2 2(disz) gin2
ki szesz-kal-la-ta
1(u) 2(disz) gin2# su-he2 x
ki ur-x-x
1(u) ma-na uruda
ki ur-dumu-zi-da-ta
ur-gigir dumu lugal-gaba szu ba-ti
kiszib3 nu-ra-a
iti min-esz3
mu hu-hu-uh2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 774. 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 (P103619) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103619..

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