AUCT 3, 403

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104613

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104613.

Transliteration

[...]
[x] szabra# nin-lil2 gen-na?
gu4 lu2-mah nin-hur-sag-ka
1(disz) gu4 szabra ir-da
gu4 a2 ge6 ilx(KAR2)-la lugal
ki an-na-hi-li-bi-ta
an-hi-ir i3-dab5
giri3 lu2-inanna
iti NE-NE-gar
u4 2(u) 7(disz) zal-la
mu# amar-suen-ke4 ur#-bi2-i3-lum [mu]-hul#
ur-esz3-[lil2-la2]
dumu lugal-[iti-da]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 403. 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 (P104613) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104613..

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