DCS 085

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109170

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109170.

Transliteration

1(disz) inim-inanna
ki ab-ba-mu dub#?-sar esz3
1(disz) lugal-dumu-gi7
ki lugal-gaba
1(disz) ur-szu-nir engar
ma2-lah5 lugal
1(disz) gu-u2
ki szul-gi
1(disz) lu2-gesz-bar-e3
ki x-mu
1(disz) x lugal-uru11
x al-la
zi-ga
nu-banda3 ebih2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 085. 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 (P109170) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109170..

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