CDLJ 2012/1 §4.16

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416451

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416451.

Transliteration

[n] dusu2-nita2 amar ga
1(disz) dusu2-munus amar ga
u3-tu-da
giri3 bu3-lu5-lu5#
mu-kux(DU)
na-sa6# i3-dab5
[mu] hu#-ur5#-ti# u3# ha#-ar#-szi# ba#-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2012/1 §4.16. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (P416451) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416451..

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