DCS 064

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109149

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109149.

Transliteration

[...] x
[...] x
x [...]
nu-banda3 x [...] x-ga
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) [...] a x [x] gur#
nu-banda3 hu-un-[]szul#-gi#
2(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur
lu2 i3-gal2 iri-me
kiszib3 ur-en-lil2-la2
ki i3-lal3-lum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 064. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P109149) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109149..

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