AUCT 1, 356

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103201

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103201.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]
[...] x [...]
1(gesz'u) ku6 sag#-[kur2]
ur-gi7 ki nin-u3-kul#-e-ki-ag2
5(gesz2) ku6 sag#-[kur2]
ur-gi7 ki nir-i3-da-gal2
1(asz) 1(ban2) gir-sze6 gur
2(asz) lu2#? szum2-sikil
2(asz) lu2#? szum2 gaz
nar-munus nin9-kal-la-me
ga-ti-le2 ugula
4(u) 3(disz) ku6 e-sir2 gesztu al [...]
nin9-mu bi2-x
ki# ur-mes-ta ba-[zi]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 356. 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 (P103201) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103201..

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