BCT 2, 223

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105464

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105464.

Transliteration

2(asz) sze gur lugal
me-pa-e3
2(asz) ur-bil3
1(asz) 3(barig) lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)?
[x] ur-esz2-dam
x en-ga6-ga6
2(asz) pa3-da
sze-ba za3#-mu-ka
x szara2
ki a!(HA)-lu5-lu5-ta
giri3-se3?-<ga?> nu-kiri6
e2 nin-ur4-<ra>
iti dal
mu us2-sa en eridu ba-hun-ga2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 223. 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 (P105464) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105464..

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