HSS 04, 009

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110282

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110282.

Transliteration

1(disz) sipa ud5
sza3 gir2-su
1(disz) unu3 [sza3] nigin6
1(disz) unu3 gu2-ab-ba
1(disz) sipa udu gi gir2-su
1(disz) nar-munus gil
1(disz) i3-du8 lu2 azlag2?
7(disz) gaszam
la2-ia3-am3
diri 7(disz) sza3 unu
nu-kiri6 gesz gal-gal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110282) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110282..

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