CM 26, 144

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330159

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330159.

Transliteration

7(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
sza3-gal erin2 bala tusz-a
i3-dub# [ki?]-sur#-ra-ta
ki ur-[]nun#-gal-ta
mar-tu ugula
szu# ba-ti
mu lu2-nin-[...]-sze3
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CM 26, 144. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P330159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330159..

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