AUCT 1, 325

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103170

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103170.

Why it matters

Transliteration

8(disz) sag u8
4(disz) kir11 ASZ-ur4
8(disz) sila4-nita2
2(disz) sila4 x ur4
2(u) 2(disz)
zu2-si-ka kux(KWU636)-na
2(disz) ud5
2(disz) masz2 [x] KA [x] du
1(disz) masz2-gal
ug3-IL2 i3-dab5
szunigin 2(u) 5(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 325. 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 (P103170) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103170..

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