HSS 04, 109

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110382

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110382.

Transliteration

5(asz) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze kasz gur lugal
iti sze-il2-la
mu ur-bi2-lum
9(asz) 4(barig) 3(disz) sila3 sze kasz gur
iti GAN2-masz-ta
iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
iti 2(disz)-kam
3(asz) 3(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze kasz gur
iti ezem-li9-si4
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum
ur-dumu-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 109. 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 (P110382) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110382..

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