Georgica 3.02

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109407

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109407.

Transliteration

7(disz) gurusz sza3-sahar-ra
al ak 3(disz) sar-ta
8(disz) gurusz gi ku5-a
1(u) sar-ta
a-sza3 lu2-[x]
ugula nir#?-la2
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
ur-nun-gal
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu ki-masz huburx(BI)-ti ba-hul
ur-[...]
[dub]-sar
dumu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 3.02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109407) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109407..

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