AuOr 33, 215-220

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P431428

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P431428.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) udu u2
7(disz) gukkal
1(disz) masz2
nir-i3-da-gal2
1(disz) masz2
e2-a-ba-ni
mu-kux(DU)
szul-gi-si2-im-tum
mu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam-asz si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AuOr 33, 215-220. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: I-A-120, 1034 (Šiauliai Aušros Museum, Šiauliai, Lithuania) — from Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P431428). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P431428..

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