HSS 68, 470

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407429

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407429.

Transliteration

2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 haszhur had2
3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ge6-par4
1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 gesztin had2
1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 [...]
5(disz) sila3 [...]
6(disz) [...]
[...]
2(u) ma-sa2-ab [...]
3(u) ba-ti-um
ma2 su-a
sza3 unu-ga
iti szesz-da-gu7
[mu ...] gu-za [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 470. 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 (P407429) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407429..

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