AUCT 1, 957

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103802

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103802.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) har ku3-babbar 1(u) gin2-ta
ba-zi-ir
ki-la2-bi ugu2-a! ba-a-gar
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
ba-zi
sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
mu en-nanna-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2 an-na ba-hun
1(gesz2) 3(u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 957. 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 (P103802) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103802..

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