AnOr 01, 090

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101081

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101081.

Transliteration

2(u) 7(disz) gurusz al 5(disz) sar-ta
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz al 4(disz) sar-ta
1(gesz2) 7(disz) gurusz gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3 x-ba-zi
ugula [...] x-x-lu-bi
nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-ezem
kiszib3 inim-szara2
mu amar-suen-ke4 sza-asz-szu2-ru-um mu-hul
inim-[szara2]
dub-[sar]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 090. 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 (P101081) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101081..

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