HSS 04, 108

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110381

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110381.

Transliteration

2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 x-igi lugal#
2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 a-sag
2(barig) zi3 sig15
3(ban2) zi3-gu saga
1(barig) 4(ban2) zi3-gu us2
1(asz) ninda saga gur
2(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
nig2-gu7-a sza3 e2 szul-gi
1(asz) zi3 gur
ma2-a gar-ra#
ki ur-nig2 ugula kikken-ta#
szul-gi-a-bi2 mar-tu
iti# gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 108. 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 (P110381) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110381..

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