AUCT 2, 170

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103988

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103988.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga nin-ti2-ug5-ga
nig2-dab5 a-tu5-a lugal
5(disz) udu niga suen-a-bu-szu
1(u) 2(disz) udu masz2 niga hi-a
gir2-su-sze3
3(disz) udu niga a-bi2-si2-im-ti
mu-kux(DU) u4-nu2-a-ka-ni
zi-ga-am3
1(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2 ba-usz2
e2 siskur2-ra-ta
giri3 nu-ur2-esz18-dar
e2-ta# e3-a
sila-ta kux(KWU636)-ra u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
iti ses-da-gu7
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 170. 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 (P103988) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103988..

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