TMH NF 1-2, 180

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134491

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134491.

Transliteration

5(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki-gi
1(u) 7(disz) ma-na 1(disz) gin2 mug
ki lugal-ma2-gur8-re
6(disz) ma-na siki 4(disz)-kam us2
ki ur-gurdub2-a-ta
1(asz) gu2 siki du
1(u) 1(disz) ma-na siki-gi
ki ur-du6-ku3-ga-ta
ki ugula usz-bar-ke4-ne
ur-ma-ma-ke4
szu ba-ti
iti ()
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 180. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134491) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134491..

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