NATN 924

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121621

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121621.

Transliteration

1(disz) [...]
3(ban2) a-ku-in-[...]
3(ban2) la-gi-[...]
2(ban2) geme2-li
2(ban2) nin-eb2-gu-ul
2(ban2) ba-ba6-ama-mu
3(ban2) ama-kal-la
2(ban2) geme2-nanibgal
2(ban2) nin-lamma-mu
3(ban2) am3-da
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dingir-re-ga2
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-sukkal
2(barig) 3(ban2) sza3-gal szah2
3(ban2) utu-i3-sa6
3(ban2) li-bur-be-[li2]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 924. 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 (P121621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121621..

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