Babyloniaca 07, 079 15

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104773

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104773.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu
4(disz) u8
1(disz) sila4
1(disz) asz2-gar3
ba-usz2 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta
szul-gi-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
iti szu-esz-sza
mu gu-za sza3 hul2-[la ba]-dim2
1(u) la2 1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Babyloniaca 07, 079 15. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA (P104773) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104773..

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