AUCT 3, 283

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104497

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104497.

Transliteration

5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
sze en-lil2-la2 ki-ba se-ge4-de3
ki lugal-geszkim-zi-ta
ur-nin-urta-ke4
szu ba-ti
iti sig4-a gi4-gi4-da
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
iti ab-e3
mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li ba-hul
ur-nin-urta
dub-sar
dumu lugal-x-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 283. 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 (P104497) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104497..

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