Berens 067

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105778

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105778.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) udu szu-gid2 zi-ga
2(gesz2) udu ba-usz2 e2-a gal2-la
i3-kal-la
1(gesz2) udu szu-gid2 ha-la-lamma!
ur#-ig-alim
x-x-bi masz-da ab-za nam2-mah
ki lu2-nin-gir2-su-ta#
zi-ga
e2-udu ga2-nun gesz-ta
iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2 u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
mu us2-sa en inanna unu masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 067. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105778) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105778..

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