Berens 092

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105803

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105803.

Transliteration

1(disz) id-gur2 i3-gesz
a-hu-a dumu nu-banda3
a-dam-szah2-sze3 du-ni
2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 1(disz)-kam
la-ra-am3-e3-a aga3-us2-gal
szuszin-ta du-ni
2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
a-hu-a sukkal
urua-sze3 du-ni
1(disz) id-gur2 i3
a-gu-a lu2 kas4
sa-bu-um-ta du-ni
zi-ga
iti sze-sag11-ku5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 092. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105803) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105803..

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