AUCT 2, 018

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103837

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103837.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) sila4 2(disz) masz2
bala ensi2 gir2-su
1(disz) gu4 3(u) 4(disz) udu
nig2-dab5 ezem szu-suen
ki a-hu-we-er-ta
4(disz) gu4 ki kur-bi-la-ak-ta
nig2-dab5 ezem szu-suen
du11-ga i3-dab5
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ma2 en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 018. 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 (P103837) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103837..

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