CDLJ 2009/2 §4.2

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P384809

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384809.

Transliteration

2(disz) masz2
masz2 <u2>-szim-ma
2(disz) u8 gukkal
ba-usz2
giri3 nin-gir2-su-ka-i3#-sa6#
zi-ga#
iti sze-il2-la
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2009/2 §4.2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (P384809) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384809..

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