OIP 115, 156

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123283

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123283.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 niga 2(u) [...]
1(disz) asz2-gar3 [...]
ad-da-kal-la ugula usz-bar
1(disz) sila4 i-ku-mi-szar
1(disz) sila4 dumu ha-la-za
2(disz) gu4 niga
1(u) udu 1(u) masz2
a-da-lal3
1(disz) sila4 lugal-ku3-zu
1(disz) masz2 i3-li2-dan nu-banda3
mu-kux(DU)
iti a2-ki-ti
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3
u4 2(u)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 156. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P123283) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123283..

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