AnOr 07, 059

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101354

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101354.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu siskur2 u4-sakar
giri3 i-pi5-iq-er3-ra
1(disz) udu siskur2 e2-u4-1(u)-5(disz)
sza3 unu-ga
giri3 a2-bi2-li2-a
1(disz) masz2 ga gu7 mes-lam-ta-e3-a
1(disz) masz2 siskur2 al-la-tum
ma-szum maszkim
zi-ga szabra
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam-asz nanna kar-zi-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 059. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101354) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101354..

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