AUCT 1, 302

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103147

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103147.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(disz) x munu4
6(disz) pisan gar
4(disz) gur-dub asz2 1/2(disz)
a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
5(disz) pisan# [x]
1(disz) [ma-sa2]-ab
1(disz) [x]-ba-an
1(disz) pisan gar
1(disz) pisan gar en-en
1(disz) dug i3
1(disz) ur2 ig
gur sal4-la
1(disz) e2
a-ra2 4(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 302. 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 (P103147) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103147..

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