HLC 098 (pl. 092)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109976

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109976.

Transliteration

2(disz) ab2-mah2
1(disz) ab2 3(disz)
6(disz) ab2 2(disz)
4(disz) gu4-gesz
5(disz) gu4 3(disz)
3(u) 5(disz) gu4 2(disz)
ki ur-en-<gal>-du-du-ta
elam unu3
u3 ab-ba-ku3-zu dumu iri-szesz-su
i3-dab5
iti ezem-dumu-zi
mu us2-sa si-mu-ur4-um lu-lu-bu-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 098 (pl. 092). 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 (P109976) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109976..

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