Akkadica 138, 160-162 04

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P432664

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432664.

Transliteration

1(disz) nin9-pa3-da
1(disz) nin-e-ba-an-sa6
1(disz) geme2-nin-ur4-ra
1(disz) nin-ni2-a-ni
1(disz) szu-qur-tum
1(disz) geme2-pu2-sag
iti dumu-zi-ta u4 2(u)-am3 ba-ra-zal
iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-ga2-ra-ta u4 6(disz)-kam zal-la-asz-sze3
geme2 e2-lunga bala-sze3
ugula lu2-sa6-i3-zu
kiszib3 a-du-mu
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz
ur-suen
dub-[sar]
dumu ur-gigir

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 138, 160-162 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi, USA (P432664) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432664..

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