AnOr 01, 073

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101064

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101064.

Transliteration

[x] gurusz sza3-sahar-ra
i7 nin-ur4-ra szu-luh ak
2(u) gurusz kiszi17 ku5
1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta a-sza3 muru13
1(u) 7(disz) gurusz al 3(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3 i7 lugal
a2!(DA) sza3-sahar ugula lugal-nig2-lagar-e
kiszib3 a-kal-la
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa ki-<masz> ba-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi
a-kal-la
dub-[sar]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 073. 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 (P101064) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101064..

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