HSS 68, 316

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407242

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407242.

Transliteration

kiszib3 ensi2 umma
iti ezem-mah
4(u) la2 1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila4
1(gesz2) 1(u) masz2-gal 1(gesz2) 1(u) [n] masz2
kiszib3 ensi2 szuruppak
iti ezem-an-na
5(u) udu 1(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz) sila4
2(u) 5(disz) masz2
kiszib3 ar-szi-ah
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
szunigin 9(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) udu
szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) [n] u8
[n] 5(u) 7(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 316. 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 (P407242) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407242..

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