AnOr 01, 276

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101267

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101267.

Transliteration

1(asz@c) 1(barig) 4(disz) tu-ra-am-i3-li2 sagi
1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) a-al-li2 lunga
1(disz) szara2-in-zu
1(disz) lu2-ur4-sza3-ga
dumu-ni-me
ki ensi2-ka
1(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) al-ba-ni-du11#?
dumu bur-ma-ma [...]
1(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) lu2-[...]
dumu szu-zu#?-[...]
1(asz) 4(ban2) 2(disz) lu2-szara2
dumu ur-kun
gaszam-me
ugula ur-szul-pa-e3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 276. 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 (P101267) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101267..

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