BCT 2, 247

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105487

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105487.

Transliteration

[n] numun#-sze3!? lugal
[...] x e2-an-na
[n] n sa2-du11 anzu2 babbar2
[...] iti pa4-u2-e3-sze3
[...]-am3 kiszib3 lugal-a-i3-sa6
[n] 1(ban2)# mu ensi2-sze3
[x]-da-ga
szunigin# 1(u) 3(barig) sze gur
sze gu4-e-a-na-am3-du-ta
ki#-su7# sahar-u2-u2-ta
iti min-esz3
mu si-mu-ru-um lu#-lu-bum2 a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 247. 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 (P105487) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105487..

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