CM 26, 153

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330168

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330168.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
ki ka5-a-mu-ta
uri5-sze3
ur-nansze
szu ba-ti
iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2#-[mu2]
mu us2-sa ki-masz# ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CM 26, 153. 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 (P330168) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330168..

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