BBVO 11, 298, 6N-T776

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105089

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105089.

Transliteration

4(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2#
e2 inanna-me#
1(bur3) GAN2 ur-isztaran
1(bur3) GAN2 KA-x [...]
1(bur3) GAN2 a2#-an-ne2-[...]
1(bur3) GAN2 sza3-da [...]
5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 ugula e2
1(bur3) 2(esze3) [x GAN2 ...]
x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BBVO 11, 298, 6N-T776. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P105089) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105089..

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