HLC 274 (pl. 126)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110148

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110148.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
x esz3-esz3 du [...]
1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) u8 3(u) 2(disz) [...]
1(u) 2(disz) kir11 6(disz) sila4-nita2
lu2 sipa 2(gesz2) 3(disz)
2(u) 4(disz) sila4-nita2 bar-su-ga la2-ia3 su-ga ki sipa-e-ne-ta
szesz-kal-la dumu amar-ka5-a
[...] su
[...] sza3 ki-nu-nir
3(gesz2) 3(disz) udu-nita2 ab-ba-kal-la
sza3 gu2-ab-ba
szunigin 2(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) u8 7(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2
szunigin 4(u) kir11 1(gesz2) 2(disz) sila4-nita2
[...]-a
[x] 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 274 (pl. 126). 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 (P110148) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110148..

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