DCS 066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109151

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109151.

Transliteration

() sze gur lugal
al-la
() lu2-igi
() sza13#-dub-ba
() la#-la
() amar#-sun2#-zi
() na-ba#-sa6
() ur-lamma szabra
() ur-nigar dam-gar3
() lu2-ab-u2
() lu2-kal-la nu-banda3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 066. 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 (P109151) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109151..

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