AAS 174

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100154

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100154.

Transliteration

1(ban2) kasz ninda e-su-ga-numun
4(disz) sila3 szu-da-da
8(disz) sila3 s,i-iszkur
4(disz) sila3 ba-ba
1(ban2) nin-gal-nun-dam?-mu
4(disz) sila3 ninda SIG7-a
4(disz) sila3 ad-da-gi-na
4(disz) sila3 sza-la-a
1(ban2) a-da-lal3
8(disz) sila3 kasz ninda [nam]-ha-ni ugula kikken ra-ab du-ni
1(gesz2) 6(disz) kur2?
u4 4(disz)-kam
iti sze-il2-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 174. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: College de France, Paris, France (P100154) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100154..

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