AnOr 07, 232

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101527

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101527.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
gu2 a-ga-am-sze3 har#-[an] ga6-[ga2]
4(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 [1(disz)-sze3]
a-da gub-ba a-sza3 x x [...]
a-sza3 igi-e2-mah-sze3 [...] x x
1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
sa-du8 igi!(PI) a-ga-am gub#-[ba]
1(gesz2) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
kun-zi-da ab-lu-x gub#-[ba]
ugula a-gu-gu#
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah#-[e]
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul
lugal-e2-[mah-e]
dub-[sar]
dumu lugal-ku3-[ga-ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 232. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101527) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101527..

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