AnOr 07, 304

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101599

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101599.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda zi3 sig15 giri3-ni-i3-sa6
5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda szul-gi-iri-mu
5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda ur-sa6-ga
5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda pa4-a-pa4
[...] ur-lugal
[...] x 5(disz) [sila3 ...]
[...] 5(disz) sila3 [... sig15]
[szunigin] 3(ban2) [ninda du]
[szunigin] 1/2(disz) sila3 5(disz) [gin2 i3-gesz]
szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 7(disz) [gin2 naga]
szunigin [1(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2]
u4 [(x)] 7(disz)-kam
[iti szu]-numun
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 304. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101599) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101599..

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