HSS 04, 107

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110380

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110380.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 9(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 gur
3(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin gur
ki ur-en-lil2-la2-ta
ur-tur-e
szu ba-ti
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
mu si-mu-ru lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 107. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110380) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110380..

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