Berens 049

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105760

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105760.

Transliteration

[2(disz)] sila3 kasz# 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2(disz) gin2# i3
gi-[x] lu2 tukul
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2(disz) gin2 i3
lugal-utu lu2 tukul
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2(disz) gin2 i3
lugal-ku3-zu lu2 gesz
6(disz) sila3 kasz 6(disz) sila3 ninda
6(disz) gin2 i3
lu2-szara2 lu2 tukul
sa2-du11 u4 3(disz)-kam
iti ezem-dumu-zi
mu si-ma-a-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105760) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105760..

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