DIA 19.024.08

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P461502

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P461502.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 e2 nanna
giri3 ku3-nanna
1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2-gal
zi-ga
giri3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2(disz) udu mu kin-na-sze3
sipa-si-in
1(disz) masz2-gal u2
mu kin-na-sze3#
ur-nigar
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DIA 19.024.08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA (P461502) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P461502..

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