NATN 020

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120715

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120715.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 2(u) 1(barig) gur
4(u) 3(asz) ziz2 gur
engar ur-ma-mi
1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) gur
2(u) 7(asz) ziz2 gur
engar ur-iszkur
2(gesz2) 4(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
[...] x
[...]
[...]
szunigin 9(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) sze ziz2 gur
sze gesz e3-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 020. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P120715) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120715..

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