AUCT 1, 843

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103688

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103688.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
1(disz) gu4 mu 2(disz)
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
iti ses-da-gu7
1(disz) gu4 mu 3(disz) u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
1(disz) ab2 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
iti ezem-szu-suen
ba-usz2
szul-gi-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
ki lugal-me-lam2-ta
ba-zi
mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li ba-hul
4(disz) gu4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 843. 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 (P103688) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103688..

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