AUCT 3, 412

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104621

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104621.

Transliteration

1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na zabar
a2 mu 1(disz)-a-bi
ku3 gin2 1(disz)-ta-am3 la2-e-de3
sag zabar-a-bi szu-a gi4-gi4-dam
ki al-lu-ta
lu2-na-ru2-a-ke4
szu ba-an-ti
igi lu2-giri17-zal-sze3
igi lu2-sza-lim lu2 kin-gi4-a
igi ARAD2-utu-sze3
iti li9-si4
mu na-ru2-a en-lil2 ba-du3
lu2-na-ru2-a
nu-kiri6
e2-a-ni-sza

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 412. 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 (P104621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104621..

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