NATN 456

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121154

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121154.

Transliteration

1(barig) 2(ban2) <sila3 sze gur> 2(disz) <ma-na siki> ur-lamma
dumu ur-lugal-banda3
1(barig) 2(ban2) szesz-kal-la
1(barig) 2(ban2) ur-al-la
dumu ka5-a ba-usz2-me
szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) me-esz18-dar
[3(disz)] i3#-du8 e2-sza3-iri-sag
sze#-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2)
iti# 1(disz)-kam
iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
siki-bi 9(disz) ma-na
sza3 im gurum2-ta
sza3 gir2-su
mu szi-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 456. 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 (P121154) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121154..

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