HLC 188 (pl. 049)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110063

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110063.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
5(disz) ma2 5(u) gur
1(u) la2 1(disz) ma2 4(u) gur
1(u) ma2 3(u) gur
3(u) 1(u) <la2 1(disz)>
giri3 ur-gigir dumu gi4-ni-mu
iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 ba 5(disz) ba-zal
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 188 (pl. 049). 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 (P110063) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110063..

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