Buffalo SNS.11-2, 141 10

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107412

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107412.

Transliteration

3(disz) gurusz ugula ba-sa6
3(disz) ugula lugal-ukken-ne2
3(disz) ugula ur-en-lil2-la2
3(disz) ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
3(disz) ugula da-du-mu
3(disz) ugula ur-gigir
3(disz) ugula ur-gigir szabra
3(disz) ugula lugal-ku3-zu
2(disz) ki-su7 gub-ba
3(disz) ugula i7-pa-e3
3(disz) ugula ur-mes
gu4-tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a la2-a
gurum2 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Buffalo SNS.11-2, 141 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA (P107412) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107412..

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