AnOr 01, 175

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101166

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101166.

Transliteration

[5(disz) sila3 kasz saga] 3(disz) sila3 ninda
[2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz)] gin2 naga
1(disz)# [ku6 1(disz)] sa szum2
inim#-nanna-ta
3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2(disz)# gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
1(disz)# ku6 1(disz) sa szum2
x-x-[...]
[szunigin] 5(disz)# sila3 kasz saga
[szunigin] 3(disz)# sila3 kasz szunigin 5(disz) sila3 [ninda]
[szunigin 4(disz)] gin2 i3 szunigin 4(disz) gin2 naga
[szunigin 2(disz)] ku6 szunigin 2(disz) sa [szum2]
[u4 n] 4(disz)-kam
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2#-la
[mu us2]-sa [...] ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 175. 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 (P101166) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101166..

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