JMEOS 12, 39 3481

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P112303

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112303.

Transliteration

5(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) bur!
3(asz) gu2 bur2
mu-kux(DU)
ki ur-e2#-x
kiszib3 lu2-[...]
mu# en eridu ba-hun
lu2-[...]
dub-sar
dumu ur-lugal#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JMEOS 12, 39 3481. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P112303) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112303..

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