AnOr 07, 111

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101406

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101406.

Transliteration

[x] asz2-gar3 niga en-lil2
mu-kux(DU) en-lil2-la2
1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) nu-i3-da
1(disz) asz2-gar3 niga en-lil2
mu-kux(DU) ur-nigar[] ka-guru7
nansze-GIR2@g?-gal [maszkim]
1(disz) ud5 1(disz) [...]
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-[sze3]
u4 [x-kam]
zi-[ga ...]
mu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 111. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101406..

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