AUCT 3, 262

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104477

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104477.

Transliteration

[...] sze gur
[masz2] igi# 3(disz)-gal2-bi [se]-ge4-de3
ki# lu2-du10-ga-ta#
[x] x lu2-x
[szu] ba-an-ti
mu nam-lu2-e-du10-[sze3]
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la ib2-[ra]
iti pa4-u2-e
mu en eridu ba-hun
szesz-kal-la
dumu ki-a-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 262. 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 (P104477) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104477..

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