DCS 061

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109146

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109146.

Transliteration

2(asz) 1(barig) gur
e2 nansze
1(asz) 3(barig) e2 ga2-tum3-du10
1(asz) 3(barig) e2 ba-gara2
1(asz) 1(barig) e2 nin-sun2
[...] e2 dumu-zi
[x] 1(barig) e2 uru11
szunigin 1(u) 5(asz) gur
sze ur5-ra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 061. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P109146) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109146..

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