AnOr 01, 092

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101083

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101083.

Transliteration

4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sar# u2 x x sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
2(gesz'u) sar gi ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 2(u)-kam
a2 lu2 hun-ga2
a-sza3 amar-kiszi17#
nu-banda3-gu4 inim-szara2
kiszib3 a-gu-gu
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
lugal?-[...]
dub-[sar]
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 092. 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 (P101083) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101083..

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