NMSA 3670

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P341948

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341948.

Transliteration

1(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 4(disz)#-[sze3]
a-ba-gal-ta gu2-x-sze3 gil ga6-ga2
u4 1(disz)-sze3 ma2 kesz2-a
1(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kar-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
[ugula] lugal#-mu-ma-ag2
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
mu gu-za ku3 [en]-lil2-la2 ba-[dim2]
szesz-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NMSA 3670. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P341948) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341948..

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