Aegyptus 26, 154 02

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100235

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100235.

Transliteration

1(disz) lu2 szu-ma-mi-tum
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lu2 [kin]-gi4-a
1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 sukkal lugal
8(disz) sila3 a-zu
5(disz) sa2-du11
3(disz) sila3 sze udul2
4(disz) sila3 esza
szunigin 2(disz) zi3-gu saga
szunigin 1(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 dabin
szunigin 4(disz) sila3 esza
u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 26, 154 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P100235) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100235..

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