OIP 121, 106

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123836

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123836.

Transliteration

1(disz) asz2-gar3 dam# ur#-[...]
1(disz) sila4 x [...]-um#
1(disz) sila4 lu2#-[]nanna#
u4 1(u) 3(disz)# [x]-kam
mu#-kux(DU)#
lugal-amar-ku3
i3-dab5
[iti] u5#-bi2-gu7
mu en-nun-e-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2 en eridu ba-hun
3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 106. 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 (P123836) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123836..

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