AUCT 3, 491

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104698

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104698.

Transliteration

1(asz) sze gur lugal
masz2 igi-5(disz)-gal2#-[bi] se-ge4#-de3#
ki# ur4-sza3-ki-du10-ta
e-s,ur-i3-li2
szu ba-ti
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu en eridu ba-hun
e-s,ur-i3-li2
dumu ab-ba-[x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 491. 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 (P104698) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104698..

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