MAA Z 46411

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P382236

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382236.

Transliteration

1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 masz 1(disz) gin2-ta 3(asz) gur
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 masz 1(disz) gin2 8(asz) gur
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
ur-suen#-ke4
[...] x
[...] x x
[x]-ra-[x?]-sze3?
e2-kiszib3-ba nu!-gi-in
su-su-dam
mu en inanna masz-e i3-pa3
ur-suen#
dumu utu-[...]
nu-banda3 [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MAA Z 46411. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P382236) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P382236..

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