NATN 226

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120924

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120924.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) sze gur lugal
u2-za-ar-i-mi-lum-ta
3(u) gur ti-im-si#-nu#-nu#-ta
ur-lugal
[x] x [...]
1(gesz2) 6(asz) gur u2-za-ar-i-mi-lum
5(u) 7(asz) gur ti-im-si-nu-nu
lugal-gigir-re
2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) gur u2-za-ar-i-mi-lum-ta
1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) gur ti-im-si-nu-nu-ta
u3-ma-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 226. 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 (P120924) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120924..

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