AnOr 01, 277

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101268

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101268.

Transliteration

1(ban2) kasz saga 2(ban2) kasz du
3(ban2) zi3 1(ban2) sze
sa2-du11 u4 1(disz)-kam
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 4(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 gur
sza3-bi-ta
1(ban2) kasz du 3(ban2) zi3 1(ban2) sze 5(ban2)# u4 1(disz)-kam
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 3(asz) gur
zi-ga-am3
ib2-tak4 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3
a-a-kal-la
1(barig) 5(ban2) x x [...]
ma?-ma#? [...]
ki#? masz#? x bar [x] us2 x [x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 277. 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 (P101268) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101268..

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