Buffalo SNS.11-2, 151 17

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107419

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107419.

Transliteration

2(asz) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
1(u) 7(asz) gu2 1(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki-gi
5(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
2(gesz2) 3(u) la2 1(disz) kusz udu
2(u) kusz gu4
mu-kux(DU)
[...] x x
e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
iti szu-esz-sza#
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 [1(disz)]-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Buffalo SNS.11-2, 151 17. 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 (P107419) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107419..

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