BE 03/1, 099

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105651

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105651.

Transliteration

[n] 1(asz) ma#-na# [...]
[x]-tum#-al-e?
[n?] 6(disz)# gin2 ku3-babbar nig2-sa10 ansze
[n?] 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 mu a-kal-la ARAD2-sze3
[n] n gi sa
[...] x ku3 za3-szu2
[...] x x ku3-bi
[...] i3-szah2
[ku3]-bi# 1(disz) gin2 igi 3(disz)-gal2
lugal#-me3-a lu2 azlag2
4(disz) sila3 i3-gesz ku3-bi 1/2(disz) gin2
lugal-inim-gi-na
2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar nig2-sa10 uruda
u3 nagga ur-LI simug
[x] sza3-kal# ku3-bi igi 3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 5(disz) sze

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P105651) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105651..

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