AUCT 2, 354

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104172

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104172.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze lugal
u4 6(disz)-sze3
iti ezem-dumu-zi
2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 u4 1(disz)-kam
iti ezem-szul-gi
2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 u4 1(disz)-kam
iti ezem-ba-ba6
2(ban2) u4 3(disz)-sze3
ansze gir2-su
szunigin 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 sze lugal
sa2-du11 ku5-ta ansze
la2-ia3 u4 3(u) la2 3(disz) lu2-nin-dar-a
iti ezem-ba-ba6
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3
giri3 ur-da-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 354. 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 (P104172) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104172..

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