Private Enterprise 076

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P200396

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200396.

Transliteration

1(u) [gin2 ku3]-babbar
ki SI#-A-a-ta
szu-nin-szubur
szu ba-ti
igi qa2-su2-a-hum
igi nu-ur2-i3-li2
igi szu-ma-ma
iti gi-sig-ga
igi [...]
igi nu-ur2#-[i3-li2]
igi szu-ma-ma#
iti gi-sig-ga
szu-x-[...]
dumu nu-x-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Private Enterprise 076. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: A. V. Lane Museum, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA (P200396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200396..

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