BCT 2, 059

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105300

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105300.

Transliteration

1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra
1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
lu2-utu engar
[...] GAN2# gesz-ur3-ra
1(disz) [gurusz] al# 5(disz) sar-ta
nimgir?-he2-du7 engar#
1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra#
1(disz) gurusz al 5(disz)# sar-ta
engar-zi engar
a-sza3 me-en-kar2
gurum2 u4 5(disz)-kam
iti szu-numun
mu# hu-hu-nu-ri[] ba-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 059. 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 (P105300) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105300..

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