BCT 2, 042

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105283

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105283.

Transliteration

7(disz) [...]-mu
1(u) 6(disz) [...]-szara2 [...]-ga
9(disz) ugula e2#-gal-e-si
2(disz) ugula lugal-iti-da
1(disz) ugula szesz-kal-la dumu a-ri2-bi
2(disz) ugula ur-dumu-zi-da
1(disz) ugula lu2-du10-ga
1(disz) ugula szara2-a-mu
gurum2# ak u4 5(disz)-kam
sza3 gar-sza-na
iti dumu-zi
mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 042. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105283) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105283..

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