AnOr 01, 029

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101020

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101020.

Transliteration

5(gesz2) sa gi
bu-ra-an-hu-uh2-ra-an
1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) sa gi
sahar-ki-ti
1(u) sa gi 1(disz) dam
3(u) sa gi
szu ba ur ha-ab-ru
nu-banda3 nir-i3-da-gal2
iti ezem-nin-<a>-zu
lu2-du10-ga
dub-sar
dumu nigar-ki-du10
gal5-la2-gal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101020) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101020..

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