DCS 071

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109156

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109156.

Transliteration

x sila3 i3-gesz
nar-me
1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sipa x-x
1(disz) sila3 i3-li2-dingir
2/3(disz) sila3 nanna-ku3-zu
lu2# x x
[x] x-lu
lugal#-me-lam2 dumu ha#-la-a nimgir
lugal-iri-da maszkim
zi-ga
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu karx(GAN2)-har a-ra2 3(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 071. 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 (P109156) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109156..

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