BCT 2, 266

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105506

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105506.

Transliteration

2(ban2) sze-ba ur-e11-e dumu a2-x-x-x
2(ban2) lu2-szara2 dumu ur-nu?-musz#?-da
2(ban2) lugal-u4-da dumu nin-me-lam2#
3(ban2) lu2-dingir-ra
2(ban2) lu2-szul-gi
3(ban2) lugal-nig2-lagar-e
3(ban2) giri3-amar-suen#-i3-dab5
nar szu-suen-me
iti szu#-numun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 266. 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 (P105506) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105506..

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