OIP 121, 120

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123850

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123850.

Transliteration

3(disz) dusu2-nita2
3(disz) dusu2-munus
u4 3(disz@t)-kam
mu-kux(DU)
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
szu-er3-ra i3-dab5
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 120. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P123850) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123850..

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