HLC 095 (pl. 090)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109973

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109973.

Transliteration

la2-ia3 7(szar2) 4(gesz2) 5/6(disz) geme2 gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ur-lamma
dumu erin-da
7(szar2) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
lu2 mar-sa
() 1(szar'u) 2(szar2) 4(gesz2)# 5/6(disz)# geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
lu2-nin-szubur i3-dab5
1(szar2) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 1/3(disz) geme2 gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ur-hendur-sag
1(szar2) 9(gesz2) 1(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
lu2-ba-ba6
() 2(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(u) 1/3(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
ur-en-gal-du-du i3-dab5
la2-ia3-am3
lu2-nigin6 i3-dab5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 095 (pl. 090). 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 (P109973) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109973..

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