Akkadica 138, 162-164 05

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P432669

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432669.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) 3(u) ug3-IL2 1(disz) u4 1(disz)-sze3
ab-sin2-ta la-ag
ri-ri!(NAM)-ga u3 u2 zex(SIG7)-a
a-sza3 la2-tur
a-sza3 la2-mah
u3 a-sza3 GAN2-[ur-gu]
ugula szesz-kal-la
GAN2 da-du-mu
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 mu-us2-sa-a-bi
da-du-mu
nu-banda3-gu4
dumu lugal-iri-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 138, 162-164 05. 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 (P432669) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432669..

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