DCS 067

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109152

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109152.

Transliteration

1(barig) na-ba-[x]
1(barig) ur-ig-alim dumu ba-ba6-i3-zu
1(barig) ur-lamma dumu ur-ba-ba6
1(barig) lugal-gigir-re
1(barig) ama-tu
2(ban2) lu2-ig-alim
1(ban2) 5(disz) <sila3> ur-ig-alim
dumu# me-ki-bi-me
x lu2-ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi
lunga-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 067. 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 (P109152) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109152..

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