BE 03/1, 142

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105694

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105694.

Transliteration

4(u) 6(disz) tug2 usz-bar
[x] tug2 guz-za du zu2-uh
[x] tug2 mug
sag-nig2-gur11-ra uri5 de6-a
[sza3]-bi#-ta
[...] tug2
[...]
[...]
1(disz) 1/2(disz) [...]
1(disz) tug2 kur-bi-la#?-[...] lugal#? [...]
1(disz) tug2 szul-gi-ha-ma-ti#
1(disz) tug2 MUNUS-x-LAGAB-gu2-am3-ti
1(disz) tug2 ARAD2-mu
zi-ga-am3#
mu# dumu-munus lugal ensi2# an-sza-ke4# ba-an-tuku

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BE 03/1, 142. 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 (P105694) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105694..

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