HLC 336 (pl. 132)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110207

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110207.

Transliteration

1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
sza3-gu4-me
7(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a2 dumu-gu4-gur
iti ezem-li9-si4-ta
iti ezem-szul-gi-sze3
ba-a-ga [nu-banda3] gu4 [x]
x x x sze-numun
iti# ezem#-szul-gi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 336 (pl. 132). 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 (P110207) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110207..

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