HLC 313 (pl. 130)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110184

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110184.

Transliteration

3(u) elam libir
kasz-bi 1(barig) lugal-ta!
ninda-bi 1(barig) lugal-ta!
elam si-u3-me
5(disz) sila3 kasz
3(disz) sila3 ninda
lu2-sza-lim sukkal
sza3 ki-nu-nir
3(asz) gu2 gu2 dida
1(barig) zi3-gu
kaskal-kaskal-sze3
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
giri3 lu2-sza-lim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 313 (pl. 130). 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 (P110184) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110184..

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