AUCT 3, 355

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104566

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104566.

Transliteration

5(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 4(disz)-kam us2
7(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
1(u) 3(disz) tug2 guz-za us2#?
2(disz) tug2 usz-bar# [x]
2(disz) x [...]
ki i3-[...]
lu2-du10-[ga ...]
iti [x]
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3
lu2-du10-ga
dumu usz-mu
lu2 azlag2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 355. 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 (P104566) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104566..

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