AnOr 01, 047

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101038

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101038.

Transliteration

1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
mu ma2 a-e3-a
nig2 masz-kan2 e2-eb2-a-sze3
a2 ma2 du8-bi 3(u)
ki ensi2-ta
a-kal-la szu ba-ti
giri3 gu3-de2-a dumu e2#?-x-ka
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3
a-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 047. 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 (P101038) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101038..

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