AuOr 31, 233 05

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P464285

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P464285.

Transliteration

1(disz) ud5 szimaszgi#
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-[sa6]-ga-[ta]
u2-ta2-mi#-szar#-ra-am
i3-dab5#
iti# szu-esz5-sza
mu hu-uh2#-nu#-ri [ba-hul]
1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AuOr 31, 233 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Anonymous 464285 (private: anonymous, Barcelona, Spain) — from Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P464285). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P464285..

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