AUCT 2, 388

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104206

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104206.

Transliteration

[...]
[nir]-i3#-da-gal2
[u3] nin-ku3-nun-na-ka
lu2# geszba2-me-esz2
[mu] geszba2# in-sag3-esz2 in-da6-da6-e-esz2-sza-a-sze3
in#-be6-e-esz2
[ARAD2]-nanna sukkal-mah maszkim
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 388. 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 (P104206) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104206..

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