ASJ 14, 101 5

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102525

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102525.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
sze hi-ba-ri2-tum
2(u) 5(asz) sze gur
sze SIG7-gibil
e2-ur3-ra-ka si-ga
1(u) sze gur
sze hi-ba-ri2-tum
5(asz) gur
sze SIG7-gibil
lu2-dingir-ra
szunigin 5(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
iti dumu-zi
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 14, 101 5. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Land Berlin, Berlin, Germany (P102525) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102525..

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