AnOr 01, 217

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101208

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101208.

Transliteration

1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3(disz) sa szum2
szu-iszkur gaba-asz#
1(disz)# dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2# naga#
3(disz) sa szum2
pu3-esz18-dar gaba-asz
szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2)
szunigin 6(disz) sila3 kasz du
szunigin 2(ban2) ninda szunigin 6(disz) gin2 i3
szunigin 6(disz) gin2 naga szunigin 6(disz) sa szum2
u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa szu-suen bad3 mar-tu mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 217. 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 (P101208) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101208..

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