AnOr 01, 254

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101245

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101245.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu u2
2(disz) dug dida saga 3(ban2)-ta
1(asz) 3(ban2) kasz du gur
4(ban2) zi3-gu saga
1(asz) 2(barig) dabin gur
2(ban2) i3-gesz
3(u) szum2 gaz
3(asz) gu2 gi
6(disz) kaskal 1(barig)-ta
szi-ma-asz-gi4
e2-gal-ta gen-na
szu ba-ab-ti
giri3 hu-bu-ti-a
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 254. 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 (P101245) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101245..

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