JCS 31, 174 F

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P112107

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112107.

Transliteration

1(disz) kusz gu4 niga
5(disz) kusz udu niga
1(disz) kusz masz2
1(disz) kusz sila4
ki nu-hi-lum-ta
da-da-a su-si-ig
szu ba-ti
kusz gu4 udu ma2 an-na geme2-nin-lil2-la2-ka
giri3 nu-ur2-iszkur
sza3 unu-ga
iti a2-ki-ti
mu en-ubur-zi-an-na en nanna masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 31, 174 F. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California, USA (P112107) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112107..

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