Akkadica 114-115, 102 35

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145527

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145527.

Transliteration

4(u) ab2
5(disz) ab2-[mah2?]
1(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) gu4
1(u) gu4 gun3-a
1(gesz2) 3(u) la2 1(disz) udu
2(disz) udu a-lum
3(u) 5(disz) masz2-gal
mu-kux(DU) lugal
ki na-we-er-dingir-ta
puzur4-szul-gi
i3-dab5
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu# us2-sa ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 102 35. 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 (P145527) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145527..

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