BBVO 11, 295, 6N-T630

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105079

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105079.

Transliteration

1(asz) esir2? had2 gur
mu lugal-uszur3-sze3
ki szabra# inanna#-ta
lugal#-me3#-a sukkal-e
szu ba-ti
iti gu4-si-su
u4 [x] 4(disz) zal-la
mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul-a
ur#-[]nanibgal
ensi2 nibru[]
lugal-me3-a
sukkal kas4
ugula aga3-[us2]
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BBVO 11, 295, 6N-T630. 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 (P105079) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105079..

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