HLC 224 (pl. 109)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110098

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110098.

Transliteration

1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 dabin
[...] ga a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
2(ban2)? ga a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ga a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
gal-ka szabra-sze3
1(ban2) szesz-kal-la
4(disz) sila3 bar ur?-nigar
7(disz) sila3 ga me-en
zi-ga ma2 gag-sikil u3-sze3
mu en inanna ba-hun
szu-nin-szubur
i3!-du8
dumu hul?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 224 (pl. 109). 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 (P110098) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110098..

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