AUCT 2, 002

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103821

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103821.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
gur mu-kux(DU)-ta
2(asz) 1(barig) [...] sze x kin? ta?
gesz x [...] x x [...]
sze ur-sa6-ga
2(barig) a2 NE-x-KU? szesz#? nu-banda3
igi# ab-ba-sa6-ga
bur-ma-ma i3-bala
sze a-sza3 szita-ab su-pirig?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 002. 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 (P103821) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103821..

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