Fs Lenoble 161, no. 03

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P387626

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387626.

Transliteration

1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-sze3
ka i7-da ba-al-la
hal buru14 umma?
6(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3
a-sza3 igi#?-e2#?-mah-e
iti diri
ugula da-da
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul
[ur-nam2]-an-ka
dub-[sar]
dumu ur#-[nin-su]
sa12-du5-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Fs Lenoble 161, no. 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: American University of Beirut Archaeological Museum, Beirut, Lebanon (P387626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387626..

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