BE 03/1, 067

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105619

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105619.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) la2 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur sila3 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-ta
[e2]-a kux(KWU147)-ra
[x] 2(barig) ziz2 gur
[an]-ne2-ba-du7 szu ba-an-ti
ur#-suen#
utu-bar-ra x
u3 lugal-za3-e3
1(gesz2) sze gur lugal
e2#-a a-kux(KWU147)-ra
ki an-ne2-ba-du7-[ta]
lugal-du10-ga
ur-suen
u3 gu2-gu2-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 067. 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 (P105619) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105619..

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