NATN 235

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120933

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120933.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szum2-sikil
ki ur-nigar-ta
lugal-inim-gi-na
szu ba-ti
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu en-nam-szita-szul-gi-ra-ke4-ba-gub ba-hun
a-tu
szabra lugal
lugal-inim-gi-na
dub-sar
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 235. 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 (P120933) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120933..

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