Fs Lenoble 168, no. 38

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P387661

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387661.

Transliteration

2(disz) dur3#?-gesz
uru4?-a 5(disz) sila3-ta
gigir u4 7(disz)
iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-gar
e2# x-[...]
[...] sze [...]
[...] x x [...]
x x ku3 x-ta
in x x x x
mu us2-sa ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Fs Lenoble 168, no. 38. 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 (P387661) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387661..

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