BJRL 64, 116 84

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P106878

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106878.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] x 2(barig) 3(ban2)
[...] GAN2
[...]-bi 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3
mur-gu4-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
szunigin sze-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 1(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2
szunigin gig-bi 1(asz) gur
szunigin ziz2-bi 5(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3
lu2-gi-na i3-dab5
1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(gesz2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 5(disz)
9(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) <GAN2>
1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/4(iku) <GAN2>

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BJRL 64, 116 84. 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 (P106878) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106878..

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