BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105043

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105043.

Transliteration

[1(disz)] sag#-x
nig2#-sa10-ma-ni#
1(u)# 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar#
lugal-al#
dumu ur-ir-[da] iszib ir-da#
lugal-engar-[du10] ugula e2 inanna-[ke4]
in-na-la2
ka-tar dumu ur-esz3-lil2-la2
dam#-gar3 1(u) ku3-la2-a-bi
1(disz) ga#-ti#-le dumu [x-x] tibira
[1(disz) ...]-x sukkal [dumu ...]-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P105043) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105043..

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