AUCT 3, 479

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104686

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104686.

Transliteration

la2-ia3 1(disz) ur-isztaran dumu du-du
1(disz) ur-e2-mah
u3 szesz-kal-la
1(disz) a-tu
1(disz) ur-suen enku
u4 4(u) 5(disz)-sze3 a2-bi 2(disz) gin2-ta
sza3 bala-a
kiszib3 lugal-ku3-ga-ni
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 479. 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 (P104686) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104686..

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