NATN 891

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121588

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121588.

Transliteration

4(disz) sila3 dabin
szu-nin-szubur
2(disz) sila3 szu-i3-li2
2(disz) sila3 gesz-ga-zu
2(disz) sila3 dingir-sukkal
2(disz) sila3 e2-nig2-bi
3(disz) sila3 ma2-lah5
1(disz) sila3 tu-du-u2
1(disz) sila3 ba-za-a#
2(disz) sila3 puzur4-esz-dar
szunigin 2(ban2) la2-ia3 1(disz) sila3 zi3
ba-zi
iti ku3-SZIM
u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 891. 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 (P121588) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121588..

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