BCT 2, 260

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105500

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105500.

Transliteration

1(barig) sze-ba lugal mar-tu giri17-dab5
ki lugal-ku3-zu
sze-ba gu2-edin-na-ka igi? kar2-kar2-dam
4(ban2) lugal-ku3-ga-ni abzu? sze-ba a-pi4-sal4 igi kar2-kar2-dam
1(asz) 4(ban2) lu2-nin-szubur ki szara2-kam ugula
sze-ba a-pi4-sal4 tur-re-dam
sza3 umma
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 260. 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 (P105500) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105500..

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