Berens 066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105777

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105777.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) u8
sza3-ba 2(disz) udu ugu2-bi 3(disz)
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
2(gesz2) u8
sza3-ba 3(disz) udu ugu2-bi 4(disz)
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
ur-szara2 gab2-us2
2(gesz2) la2 1(disz) u8 1(disz) u8 bar mu2
sza3-ba 2(disz) udu ugu2-bi 3(disz)
a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
szunigin 6(gesz2) udu
ur-mes dumu ir-du10-ga
udu ba-ur4 u4 1(disz)-kam
sza3 gu2-ab-ba-ka
mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105777) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105777..

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