AnOr 01, 031

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101022

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101022.

Transliteration

2(barig) a2 hun-ga2 szu-ma-ma
1(asz) 1(barig) gur igi-sa6-sa6 sze puzur4#-suen
2(barig) sza3-gal udu igi-sa6-sa6
1(barig) sze muszen iszkur-ba-ni
1(barig) sze udu za-ni
1(asz) gur# masz2#-bi# 1(disz)-kam e2 na-silim azlag2 asz#
1(barig) [...] x-um-ba-ni
[...]-x
ka-lu# 1(gesz2) 3(u)-am3?
tum-ma-al-ta i3-dub#?
iti ezem-mah e-dah-he

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 031. 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 (P101022) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101022..

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