BCT 1, 087

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105189

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105189.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2-gal babbar gesz-du3
a tu5-a lugal
sza3 gir13-tab
giri3 ur-sa6-ga lu2-sukkal-mu13-mu13
u2-ta2-mi-szar-ra-am maszkim
iti u4 2(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
ki u2-ta2-mi-szar-ra-am-ta
ba-zi
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu en eridu ba-hun
1(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 1, 087. 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 (P105189) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105189..

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