BE 03/1, 088

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105640

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105640.

Transliteration

2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
a2 lu2 hun-ga2 al ak-e-de3
a-sza3 nigin9 i7 isin2?-na
giri3 ur-tum-al i3-du8
2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 a2 lu2
hun-ga2-e se-ge4-de3
a-sza3 gaba tum-al
giri3 a-hu-um
2(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
sa2-du11 gu-du-mu
x [x] dumu-zi-da
[...] gur
[...] x
iti sig4 u4 8(disz) ba-zal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 088. 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 (P105640) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105640..

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