AUCT 2, 055

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103873

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103873.

Transliteration

1(barig) sze lugal
dam na-ah-szu-a
im-ti-dam geme2 usz-bar in-IL2#
1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-szah2
szakkan-bi kab2 di-dam
bi2-sza-hi-lum
2/3(disz) sila3 hu-la-li2 aga3-us2
1/3(disz) sila3 da-da-a
1/3(disz) sila3 il-su2
1/3(disz) szu-iszkur
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 055. 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 (P103873) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103873..

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