RA 101, 41 10

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P273492

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273492.

Transliteration

1(disz) kusz 1(disz) udu
ki szesz#-saga-ta
gur-dub KWU543
BULUG3#? sza3# kukku2
ba-a-gar ba-a-gar#
giri3 szar-ru-um-i3(GAG)#?-li2(GAG) lu2 kin-gi4-<a>
bur? ku3 mu-kux(DU) A x
kiszib3 ur-e11-e
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
ur-e11-e
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar[]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 101, 41 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: private: Hebenstreit, Laurent, Paris, France (P273492) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P273492..

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