AUCT 3, 054

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104286

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104286.

Transliteration

3(u) [udu ...]
5(disz) udu ma-ti-i3-li2
2(disz) udu ba-al-zum
3(disz) udu s,e-li-iszkur
1(disz) udu ma-szum
du11-ga szu ba-ti
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3
4(u) 1(disz)
du11-ga dub-sar
dumu lu2-nin-gir2-su
sipa na-gab2-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 054. 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 (P104286) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104286..

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