Anonymous 429769

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P429769

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429769.

Transliteration

5(asz) 1(barig) sze masz2 nu-tuku
ki ur-su4-an-na-ta
x-ga-ni?
szu ba-ti
[mu ...] x [...] ba gu2? [...] x x mu-x
x x x
dumu x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Anonymous 429769. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Anonymous 429769 (private: anonymous, uncertain) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P429769). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429769..

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