Berens 071

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105782

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105782.

Transliteration

1(u) gin2 i3 ir-nun
1/3(disz) sila3 lal3
1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga
1(disz) sila3 i3-nun
2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
5(disz) sila3 ga-szex(SIG7)-a
1(disz) sila3 li
lugal-kux(KWU147)-ra2 ka! du8-ha
giri3 lu2-nin-szubur dumu lu2-ba-ba6
zi-ga
[iti] munu4#-gu7

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Berens 071. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland (P105782) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105782..

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