HSS 68, 061

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P406827

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406827.

Transliteration

[n] sila4
szesz-da-da sanga
2(disz) sila4
ensi2 nibru
1(disz) sila4
nam-ha-ni
1(disz) sila4
ur-sa6-ga muhaldim
2(disz) amar az zabar-dab5
mu-kux(DU) na-sa6 i3-dab5
iti diri ezem-me-ki-gal2 us2-sa
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
u4 7(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 061. 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 (P406827) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406827..

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