Adab 0903

~2082 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P209904

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209904.

Transliteration

1(u)?
[1(u)? x]
[...]
[...]-ga#
[...]-ti#
mu en nanna masz-e in-pa3
ur-aszgi
ensi2
adab
usz-sa6-ga
dub-sar
dumu-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Adab 0903. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P209904) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P209904..

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