Fs Lenoble 164, no. 18

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P387641

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387641.

Transliteration

8(disz) kid ma2 sza3-ga
2(disz) kid ka-gir
ma2 dumu-lugal-sze3
1(disz) murux(|KID.SZU2.MA2|)
kiszib3 lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
sza3 bala-a
mu lu-lu-bum2 si-mu-ru-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul
lugal-[e-ba-an-sa6]
dub#-[sar]
dumu [ur-isztaran]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Fs Lenoble 164, no. 18. 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 (P387641) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387641..

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