HLC 193 (pl. 030)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110068

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110068.

Transliteration

1(bur'u) 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 saga
1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 muru13
1(bur'u) 4(bur3) 5(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 murgu2
2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 illu
1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 i7 sumun
i3-da-mu i3-gid2
mu en eridu
3(bur'u) 5(bur3) 1/2(iku) GAN2 saga
1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 muru13
1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesztin
1(bur'u) 4(bur3) 5(iku) GAN2 muru13 su3
2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 illu
1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 i7 sumun
lu2-nin-ildu3# i3-gid2
mu ha-ar-szi [sza3] gu2#-ab

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 193 (pl. 030). 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 (P110068) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110068..

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