BE 03/1, 066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105618

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105618.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma2 4(u) gur
1(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
a2 u4 1(disz)-a-bi 1(ban2)-ta u4-u4 4(disz)
sze-bi 3(barig) 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3
nu-hi-um ki lugal-du10-ga-ta
4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze gur
ARAD2-e-eb
ki ur-suen-ta
a2 ma2 hun-ga2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 066. 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 (P105618) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105618..

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