AnOr 07, 366

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101661

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101661.

Transliteration

2(disz) kusz gu4 <u2>-hab2 ak
2(disz) kusz masz2
1(disz) kusz udu
1/2(disz) ma-na sa
1(disz) ma-na sze kur
1(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3
ma2 nin-ke4 szu du7-a
ki ensi2-ta
kiszib3 i-di3-szu-en6
[lu2 kin]-gi4-[a] lugal#
i-di3-szu-[...]
lu2 [...]
dumu i-la-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 366. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101661) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101661..

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