TRU 389

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135153

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135153.

Transliteration

1(disz) kid dam e2 [...]
gu-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda dagal-bi 1(disz) [...]
kin 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2-ta
2(disz) kid ur3 e2 dam gid2-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda dagal-bi 1/2(disz) ninda
kin 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta
1(disz) kid kisal gid2-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3 dagal-bi 1/2(disz) ninda 1(disz) kusz3
kin 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2-ta
ugula ARAD2-mu
la2-ia3 su-ga gurum2-ma
mu-kux(DU)
a-bu-ni
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-mah
mu sza-asz-ru ba#-hul#
mu-kux(DU)-bi pisan szabra-ka igi bar-dam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 389. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135153) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135153..

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