Akkadica 114-115, 101 28

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145521

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145521.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga
1(disz) sila4
ha-ar-szi-tum
ba-ba-ti maszkim
a2-ge6-ba-a
iti u4 2(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
ki ib-ni-suen-ta ba-zi
giri3 lu2-nanna szar2-ra-ab-du
iti ezem-szu-suen
mu# bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
2(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 101 28. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P145521) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145521..

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