BJRL 64, 098 02

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P106796

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106796.

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 [...]
ur-ba-ba6 sanga nin-sun2
utu-bar-ra i3-dab5#?
ga2-nun gesz ba-an-kux(KWU147)
giri3 lu2-inanna gu-za-la2
iti x u4 2(u) 8(disz)
mu# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BJRL 64, 098 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P106796) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106796..

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