AnOr 01, 053

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101044

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101044.

Transliteration

4(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3-ta
ma2-lah5-bi ib2-u3!(HUL)
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-sze3 sze-bi 4(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
nibru-sze3
ma2-a ba-a-gar
giri3 bi2-du11-ga
mu si-mu lu-lu-bu ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 053. 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 (P101044) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101044..

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