AUCT 2, 281

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104099

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104099.

Transliteration

1(u) kunga2-nita2
4(disz) kunga2-munus
ki lugal-pa-e3 ensi2 i-szim-szul-gi-ra-ta
mu-kux(DU)
na-ra-am-i3-li2 i3-dab5
ugu2 na-sa6-ka ba-a-ga2-ar
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz hu-ur5-ti u3 ma-da-bi u4 asz-a ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 281. 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 (P104099) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104099..

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