AUCT 1, 298

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103143

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103143.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(disz) gukkal 1(disz) gukkal ge6
bu-u2-du
en-lil2-zi-sza3-gal2 maszkim
1(disz) amar masz-da3-munus e2-uz-ga
a-a-kal-la muhaldim maszkim
sza3 mu-kux(DU)-ra-ta
u4 1(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ba-zi
iti ezem-mah
mu en eridu ba-hun
6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 298. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103143) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103143..

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