HSS 04, 031

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110304

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110304.

Transliteration

2(bur'u) 7(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig) sze lugal-ta
a-sza3 gesz-gi-banda3
1(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)-ta
a-sza3 ul4-ul4-gin7-U
1(bur3) GAN2 bala-a 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)
a-sza3 ul4-ul4 e2-babbar2
2(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 bala-a 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
a-sza3 su3 GAN2-nisaba?
sze-bi 3(u) 7(asz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
sze-ba ug3-IL2 guru7-a tak4-a
ugula sanga szul-gi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110304) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110304..

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