ZA 101, 032 6N-T0087

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330286

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330286.

Transliteration

[...]
[1(barig@c)] zi3-sig15#
1(barig@c) nig2-bar-ra imgaga3
1(barig@c) nig2-bar-ra sze
1(ban2) zu2-lum
2(asz@c) pesz3 szer7-gu
2(asz@c) haszhur szer7-gu#
1(asz@c) i3 nig2-banda3
[1(asz@c)] ga nig2-banda3
1(asz@c) [...]
1(asz@c) [...] szul-gi#
nidba igi-kar2!-ga
inanna
mu en-nun-ne2-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2 en# eridu ba-hun-ga2
[iti kin]-inanna

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ZA 101, 032 6N-T0087. 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 (P330286) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330286..

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