OIP 115, 308

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123433

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123433.

Transliteration

4(disz) ab2 gur8-gur8
1(disz) dusu2-nita2 babbar2
1(disz) dusu2-nita2 amar ga
1(disz) dusu2-munus babbar2
8(gesz2) 2(disz) ud5
2(u) 4(disz) asz2-gar3
1(u) masz2
1(u) 3(disz) dara4-nita2
1(u) dara4-munus
mu-kux(DU) lugal
ki na-sa6-ta
lu2-dingir-ra i3-dab5
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 308. 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 (P123433) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123433..

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