AnOr 01, 062

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101053.

Transliteration

1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) sa gi
gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) 5(disz)-ta
gi SIG7-a a-sza3 en-du8-du gu2-de3-na# ga6-ga2
1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
ma2-la2-a ak
u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-sze3
ga2#!-nun en-du8-du
iri-da-ak-sze3
ma2-a gid2-da
u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2-la2-a ba-al-la
u4 1(disz)-sze3 ga2!-nun du3-a
ugula gu2-tar
mu ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 062. 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 (P101053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101053..

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