HUJI 07041

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P429824

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429824.

Transliteration

[...]-gi dumu lugal-ti-da
ur-szu-ga-lam-ma dumu ki-tusz-lu2 dam-gar3
szu-du8-a-ni gub
giri3 a-gu-za szitim
iti gu4-ra2-izi-mu2-mu2
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi
ur-szu-ga-[lam-ma]
dumu ki-tusz-lu2
dam-gar3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HUJI 07041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (P429824) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429824..

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