AnOr 07, 161

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101456

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101456.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 puzur4-ma-ma
2(disz) udu [x] masz2 ur-suen
[...]-me
1(disz) x x [...] niga saga
2(disz) sila4 niga saga us2
1(disz) [...] x nu-a
2(disz) sila4
esz18?-dar?-dingir-szu
1(disz) sila4 a-hu-du10
1(disz) sila4 za-na-a
1(disz) sila4 dumu bur-ma-ma
1(disz) masz2 szu-ga-ga lu2 nam-dumu-dumu
1(disz) sila4 ensi2 nibru
1(disz) masz2 nu-ur2-suen
3(u) 1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 161. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101456) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101456..

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