Hattori diss. p. 280, N 1192

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P276343

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P276343.

Transliteration

[lu2?]-en-lil2#-[la2?]
[...]-x-ga
[...]-da-ga
[...-]suen#
[...]-x
[...]-x
[...]-x
lu2-[en-lil2-la2?]
da?-[x]
dumu ur-[...]
dam-gar3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hattori diss. p. 280, N 1192. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P276343) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P276343..

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