AUCT 3, 256

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104472

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104472.

Transliteration

1(u) gurusz u4 4(disz)-sze3
tir gal-gal-ta
umma-sze3
u2 asal2 de6-a
ugula ku3-ga-ni
iti sze-sag11-<ku5>
mu us2-sa si-ma-<num2> ba-hul
lu2-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 256. 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 (P104472) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104472..

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