NATN 312

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121010

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121010.

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
sze-bi 2(asz) gur
ab-szi-gar-ra
ki a2-zi-da-ta
lugal-karx(TE)-rex(HU)
szu ba-ti
iti sig4-ag2-e-dam
igi a-ab-bu-mu
igi ur-szul-pa-e3
igi sze-le-eb
iti du6-ku3-ga
mu en inanna unu masz pa3
lugal-ka-re
dam-gar3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 312. 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 (P121010) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121010..

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