JAOS 108, 119 2

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111812

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111812.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga da-gan
sza3 e2 ba-ba-ti
la-ma-har sagi maszkim
1(disz) masz2-gal in-szi-we-er dumu ad-da-gi-na ensi2 ha-ar-szi
giri3 ri-ib-hu-ti sukkal
ku3-nanna sukkal maszkim
iti u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal
ki zu-ba-ga-ta ba-zi
giri3 ad-da-kal-la dub-sar
iti ezem-mah
mu en nanna# kar#-zi-da ba-hun
2(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JAOS 108, 119 2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P111812) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111812..

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