BCT 1, 063

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105165

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105165.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) nin-lil2-e-ma-an-na-ag2
1(disz) sila4 mu-kux(DU) ba-ki-na-na
1(disz) sila4 mu-kux(DU) bi-ga-tum
al-la-gu-la
1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) zabar-dab5
nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim
u4 4(disz)-kam
zi-ga
iti ses-da-gu7
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 1, 063. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105165) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105165..

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