BCT 2, 023

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105264

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105264.

Transliteration

2(disz) masz2#
lugal-uszur4?
1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
a-du-mu
1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
lugal-nesag-e ugula kuruszda?
1(disz) masz2 ur-ama-na gudu4 nin-ur4-ra# x
1(disz) udu lugal-nesag-e x x
[n] udu# x-x-a-mu
[...] 1(u) 5(disz) masz2
[...] udu# masz2 hi-a
kiszib3 za-x-ku3-ga-ni
giri3 ab-ba#-gi-na
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 023. 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 (P105264) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105264..

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