BE 03/1, 132

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105684

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105684.

Transliteration

1(ban2)# zi3-gu sa2-du11 u4 1(disz)-kam
1(ban2) x zi3 sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam
8(disz) sila3# sa2-du11 u4 3(disz)-kam
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa2-du11 u4 4(disz)-kam
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sa2-du11 u4 5(disz)-kam
1(ban2) zi3 nig2-se3-ga#
5(disz) sila3 zi3 5(disz) sila3 [...]
2(disz) zum mu# [...]
[...] 5(disz) sza3-gal ansze#?
[...] x x
[...] x [...]
szunigin 1(ban2) esza 7(disz) sila3# zi3 sig15
ki nin-inim#-[x]-zi#-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 132. 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 (P105684) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105684..

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