ArOr 62, 238 I 867

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101886

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101886.

Transliteration

1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-sig17
1(disz) gin2 ku3-sig17 7(disz) gin2-ta
ku3-sig17 ur-nin-su
masz-da-re6-a a2-ki-ti ezem szu-numun
ki lugal-ezem-ta
kiszib3 a-kal-la
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4 mu us2-sa-a-bi
ur-li9-si4
ensi2
umma
a-kal#-[la]
dub-sar#
dumu ur-nigar# szusz3#
[ARAD2-zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ArOr 62, 238 I 867. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (P101886) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101886..

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