NYPL 379

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122916

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122916.

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 1(u) 1/2(disz) ma-na
5(disz) tug2 guz-za du
ki-la2-bi 2(u) 1/3(disz) ma-na
siki kur-ra ga-rig2 ak
1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
ki-la2-bi 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 siki kur-ra pesz5-a
6(disz) gada du
ki szesz-saga-ta
ur-e11-e-ke4 in-la2
i3-kal-la szu ba-ti
iti pa4-u2-e
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NYPL 379. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA (P122916) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122916..

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