BCT 2, 173

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105414

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105414.

Transliteration

[... n(asz)] 1(barig) sze gur lugal
[x] kasz saga-bi kar
kisal#-pa nar [(x)] la2
e2-szu-tum-ta
sa2-du11# []szara2-sze3 iti 2(disz)-kam
ki ur-li9-si4-ta
he2-ma-zi#-zi?
szu ba-ti
[iti] e2-iti-6(disz)
mu# en eridu ba-hun-ga2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 173. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105414) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105414..

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