AR RIM 05, 39 322

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101807

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101807.

Transliteration

[...] gilim#
a2-an-tur-esz
gid2 1/3(disz) gar
1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3#
x x x 2(u) gurusz
[...]
ki a-gu-ta
kiszib3 lu2-ha-ia3
sza3 bala-a
mu us2-sa si#-ma-num2 ba#-[hul]
lu2-ha-ia3
dub#-[sar]
dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AR RIM 05, 39 322. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (P101807) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101807..

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