AnOr 07, 326

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101621

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101621.

Transliteration

[igi] ensi2-ka
ku3-sa6-ga in-gi-sza
1(disz) [x]-kur-szim-szim [...]
1(disz) ur-gigir szu-[i]
lu2-inim-ma-bi-[sze3]
im-ta-e3-e3-[esz]
2(disz)-a-bi e2 szara2-ka
nam-erim2-bi ib2-ku5
ku3-sa6-ga ARAD2 ne-nam-[di]-en-lil2-a ba-[na-gi-in]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 326. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101621..

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