Georgica 5.07

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109432

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109432.

Transliteration

5(u) 5(disz) geme2 [...] u4 [x-sze3]
a-sza3 e2-lugal-ka
zar3 tab-ba szu ur3-ra
ugula a-du
kiszib3 lugal-a2-zi-da
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa en-mah gal-an-[na] en nanna# [ba-hun]
lugal-a2-zi-da
dub-sar
dumu x-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 5.07. 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 (P109432) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109432..

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