HLC 283 (pl. 050)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110156

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110156.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) ud5
1(u) masz2-nita2
8(disz) asz2-gar3
3(disz) sila4
1(u) 6(disz) masz2
masz2-ta nigin-na
u3 masz2 u2-[du]-lu
mu-kux(DU)
i-ta-e3-a i3-dab5
iti munu4-gu7
mu en-nun-ne2-amar-suen-ra-ki-ag2 ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 283 (pl. 050). 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 (P110156) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110156..

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