AUCT 2, 305

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104123

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104123.

Transliteration

6(disz) udu i-bi2-isztaran
[n] 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu lugal-ku3-zu
[...]-x-esz18-dar
1(u) udu lugal-ma2-gur8-[re] ensi2# [x]-x
[x] x u4 1(disz)-kam
[x x]-a-mu i3-dab5
[...]
1(disz) sila4 u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
giri3 nu-ur2-suen
1(disz) masz2 u4 3(u)-kam
giri3 lu2-nin-gir2#?-su?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 305. 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 (P104123) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104123..

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