AAS 194

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100174

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100174.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) ha-bu3-da
ki-[la2]-bi 1(asz) gu2 la2 5(disz) gin2
ki ur#-nin#-gesz-[zi-da]-ta#
[... lu2 nin-gir2]-su szabra-e2
[...]-gar
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
[...]-zi-[...]
dub-sar
dumu szesz-szesz
lu2-nin-gir2-su
dub-sar
dumu ARAD2-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAS 194. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: College de France, Paris, France (P100174) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100174..

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