ASJ 18, 083 18

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102647

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102647.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3-gesz
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3-udu
1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-szah2
4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 naga si-e3
1(asz) gu2 4(disz) ma-na im-babbar2
ki i3-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 a-a-kal-la
sza3 nibru
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3
a-kal-la#
dumu lugal#-e2#-mah#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 18, 083 18. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P102647) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102647..

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