AAS 177

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100157

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100157.

Transliteration

na-ni
u3-na-a-du11
3(u) gurusz
erin2 ma2 gesz-i3-ka-ke4
1(barig) sze-ta
he2-ba-ab-szum2-e#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 177. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: College de France, Paris, France (P100157) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100157..

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