Akkadica 138, 164-165 06

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P432668

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432668.

Transliteration

4(disz) kid szer7-ru-um
ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
ki ur-ama-na-ta
kiszib3 ur-zu
e2 zi3-da-ka
ba-an-ba-ra?
sza3 e2-sag-te-na
iti pa4-u2-e?
mu ki-masz hu-ur5!-ti ba-hul
ur-zu
dub-sar zi3-da
dumu a2-zi-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 138, 164-165 06. 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 (P432668) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432668..

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