AUCT 1, 712

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103557

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103557.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2) kasz saga
1(ban2) ninda
5(disz) ku6 5(disz) sa szum2?
szu-en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal
2(disz) dug dida 3(ban2)
1(disz) sila3 gesz
1(barig) 2(ban2) ninda lugal
sza3-gal ne-a-ra-asz a-ak-de3
giri3 szu-en-lil2-la2 dumu-lugal
u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
iti min-esz3
mu hu-uh2-<nu-ri>

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 712. 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 (P103557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103557..

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