HSS 68, 030

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P406796

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406796.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 a-ab-ra-za-ak
4(disz) gu4 3(disz) udu
3(u) 7(disz) masz2
ku-u3-tam
1(disz) masz2 a-hu-ni szusz3
1(disz) masz2 puzur4-ga-<ga> szusz3
4(disz) udu niga
1(disz) sila4 gu3-de2-a ensi2
1(disz) udu esz18-dar-il-szu
u4 1(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU) lugal
ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5
iti a2-ki-ti
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun
5(u) 3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 030. 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 (P406796) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406796..

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