AUCT 1, 398

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103243

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103243.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) 1(disz) udu niga
1(u) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
sa2-du11 ku5-ra2
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
igi-en-lil2-sze3
i3-dab5
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
3(u) 1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 398. 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 (P103243) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103243..

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