AUCT 2, 295

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104113

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104113.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2/3(disz) <gin2> la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar ki-la2 ku3 hu-a-x
ki i3-lum-suen muhaldim ba-za-ta
ba-ta-du8
e2-gal-ta e3-a
giri3 szul-gi-ma-ti ra2-gaba
mu-kux(DU)
lu2-dingir-ra
szu ba-ti
sza3 nibru
iti a2-ki-ti
mu bi2-tum-ra-bi2-um ia3-ab-ru ma-da-bi u3 [hu]-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
2/3(disz) <gin2> la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 295. 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 (P104113) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104113..

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