AUCT 2, 138

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103956

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103956.

Transliteration

egir buru14-sze3
la2-ia3 i3
a-hi-t,a-be2
ga-ab-su bi2-in-du11
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
tukum-bi nu-un-su
szer7-da-am3
1(disz) inim-inanna-sze3
1(disz) lugal-iti-da
1(disz) lu2-gi-na
1(disz) ur-sa6-ga
1(disz) ur-ku3-nun-na
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 138. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103956) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103956..

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