BE 03/1, 120

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105672

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105672.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 x-x
giri3 ur-en-ki-du
5(disz) sila3 kasz a-du10-ga
3(disz) sila3 hux(RI)-wa-wa! dub-sar
5(disz) sila3 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam-ma-asz2
giri3 a-du10-ga
5(disz) sila3 kasz giri3 lugal-ezem dumu hal-hal-la
5(disz) sila3 iri-sze3
a-du10-ga
szunigin 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze
ba-zi
sza3 isin2?-na
giri3 a-du10-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 120. 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 (P105672) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105672..

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