AUCT 2, 364

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104182

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104182.

Transliteration

e2 ki DUB [...]
u4 1(disz)-[kam]
3(u) 5(disz) [x]
gu2 szuszin[]
u4 1(u) [n] 2(disz)-[kam]
3(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) [x]
3(u) 1(disz) [x]
nam-ra-ak ha-ar-szi u3 ki-masz
[...]-kam
[...]-x
[...]-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 364. 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 (P104182) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104182..

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