ASJ 09, 236 09

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102285

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102285.

Transliteration

1(disz) [x] SIG7 mu-kux(DU) erin2? engar
[n] 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur
2(asz) 3(barig) zi3 gur
ARAD2-mu engar
1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) gur
giri3-ni-i3-sa6 engar
szunigin 7(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
szunigin 2(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
nu-banda3-gu4 lu2-dingir-ra
a-sza3 lugal
[sze] gesz e3-a
[x] x a-sza3 lugal
[...] ur#-kun nu-banda3
[iti sze]-kar#-ra-gal2-la
[mu ... lugal] uri5[ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 236 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P102285) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102285..

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