HLC 054 frags. (pl. 024)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109932

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109932.

Transliteration

[...] x
[...]
[...]-su
[...]-x
[x] lu2#-ba-ba6
[dumu]-ni-me
4(disz) ur-mes#
dumu nig2-x-[x]
4(disz) ur-x-[x]
2(disz) ur-nin#-[...]
1(u) 1(disz) dub-ba
[...] x sza3 gir2?-su?[]
zi#-ga ensi2
mu# us2-sa ki-masz [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 054 frags. (pl. 024). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109932) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109932..

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