BBVO 11, 284, 6N-T439

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105059

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105059.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum gur
kiszib3 szabra suen
1(barig) 4(ban2) zu2-lum
kiszib3 szabra en-ki
4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz)# sila3# zu2-lum
kiszib3# szabra# dumu-zi-da
[...]-lum
[...] x x
[... lu2] nig2-dab5-ba-ke4#-ne
kiszib3 szu ti szabra inanna-ta ba-ta#-zi
mu bad3-gal ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BBVO 11, 284, 6N-T439. 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 (P105059) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105059..

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