CUSAS 39, 164

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P250755

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250755.

Transliteration

1(disz) ur2-ra-ni
1(disz) da-da dumu ur#-gigir#
1(disz) nig2-du11-ga-ni
1(disz) ur-gu2-de3-na dumu lu2-giri17-zal?
1(disz) lu2-nin-ur4-ra dumu szu-esz18-dar
1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra dumu szesz-kal-la
1(disz) lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|) dumu ur-dun
1(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu TE-A-na aga3-us2
dingir-ra
u3 lugal-nir
u3-na-a-du11
he2-em-gi4-gi4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 164. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P250755) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250755..

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