AnOr 01, 171

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101162

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101162.

Transliteration

2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
6(disz) ma-na siki tug2 nig2-lam2 du
5(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
2(asz) gu2 7(disz) ma-na siki tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
1(asz) gu2 4(u) 1/2(disz) ma-na [siki tug2 guz]-za du
8(disz) [...]-ra tug2 x
6(asz) [gu2 ...] 5(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 siki-gi
a2 usz-bar-sze3
ki ensi2-ka-ta
szesz-saga szu ba-ti
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 171. 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 (P101162) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101162..

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