JANES 09, 22 06

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111771

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111771.

Transliteration

6(disz) dim-tum
mu hu-uh2!(UD)-nu-ri#[ ba-hul]
4(u) 5(disz) ga-sal [x] e2-ba-an
ki ri-ba-ga-da-ta#
mu en-nun-e-[amar]-suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu ba-hun
1(u) 2(disz) sag-du gal
1(u) 8(disz) gesz-gi-na gal
ki i-din-a-bu-um-ta
mu en-nun-e-amar#-suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu [ba]-hun#
bi#?-ri-um lu2 x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JANES 09, 22 06. 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 (P111771) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111771..

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