RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. add169

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102603

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102603.

Transliteration

nanna#
amar banda3 an#-[na]
dumu-sag#
en-lil2#-[la2]
lugal-a-[ni]
ur-[namma]
nita kal#-[ga]
lugal [uri5-ma-ke4]
e2-temen#-[ni2-gur3-ni]
mu-na-[du3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. add169. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bible Lands Museum, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (P102603) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102603..

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