HLC 110 (pl. 095)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109987

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109987.

Transliteration

5(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)
2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)
2(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)
a-sza3 nin-nam2-mah
1(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)
a-sza3 me-e2-zi-ta
1(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)
1(bur3)# 1(esze3)# 4(iku)# [...]
x 1(bur3) 1(esze3)# 5(iku)# 1/2(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)
sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
diri-am3
() 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
ugula ur-lamma dumu nam-mah

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 110 (pl. 095). 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 (P109987) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109987..

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