BJRL 64, 115 80

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P106874

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106874.

Transliteration

2(disz) sze-ta u4 1(u) 3(disz)-sze3
3(disz) x u4 2(u) 4(disz)-sze3
4(disz) [x] u4 5(disz)-sze3
a [x] a-ab
4(disz) x u4 1(disz)-kam
1(u) 1(disz)-ta u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3
szu-esz18-dar
2(asz) gur kaskal ki-a-x-sze3
i-di3-iszkur
szunigin 8(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
sza3-gal udu a-lum
ki szar-ru-um-i3-li2-ta ba-zi
mu us2-sa szi-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BJRL 64, 115 80. 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 (P106874) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106874..

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