Georgica 7.12

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109456

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109456.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3
ma2-la2-a kesz2-ra2!
dur sur-ra u3 dal kesz2-ra2
u4 6(disz)-sze3# ma2# la2-a gid2-da
2(u) [...]
[...]
[...]
ugula a-kal-la
kiszib3 lugal-iti-da
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
lugal-iti-[da]
nu-[banda3-gu4]
dumu [giri3-ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 7.12. 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 (P109456) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109456..

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