Nisaba 05/1, 032

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P331094

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P331094.

Transliteration

1(disz) ha-lu-ub2# [gid2] 4(disz) 1/3(disz) kusz3 gu-nigin2 1(disz) 1/3(disz)# kusz3
1(disz) ha-lu-ub2 gid2 3(disz) kusz3 gu-nigin2 2(disz) kusz3 4(disz) szu-si
ba-gul sza3-ba
1(disz) gu-za za3-us2
ba-an-gar
ki szu-nin-szubur-ta
a-a-mu
szu ba-an-ti
iti sze-sag11-ku5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 05/1, 032. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (on study loan from National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq) (P331094) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P331094..

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