Georgica 3.08

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109413

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109413.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] sar#
8(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz al 4(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3-bi 3(u) 4(disz) sar
gub-ba-am3
la2-ia3 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz
lu2 hun-ga2-me
giri3#-ni-i3-sa6
a-sza3 a-gar3-kal-la
a-da-lal3 engar
nu-banda3 en-um-iszkur
u4 8(disz)-kam
[mu] en# nanna kar-[zi-da ba]-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 3.08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109413) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109413..

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