BE 03/1, 059

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105611

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105611.

Transliteration

7(gesz2)# [2(u) 3(ban2) la2 1(disz)] sila3# sze# gur#
[...]
[a-ra2 1(disz)-kam]
1(gesz'u) 3(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
2(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gig gur
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
szunigin 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sze gig ziz2 gur lugal
gig-bi i3-tab
ki lu2-szara2-ta
giri3 ur-nigar gu4
sza3 u-pi5-ta
iti dumu-zi
mu us2-sa en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 059. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P105611) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105611..

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