AnOr 01, 141

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101132

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101132.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
al ak kiszi16 ku5-ra2
u3 nig2-gul ak
a-sza3 a-u2-da
nu-banda3-gu4 a-gu-gu
ugula szara2-kam
kiszib3 szara2-a-mu
mu en ga-esz ba-hul
lugal-szu-nir#-re#
dumu lu2-ga [iszib]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 141. 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 (P101132) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101132..

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