OIP 115, 312

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123464

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123464.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
mu-kux(DU) ur-nigar ka-guru7
zabar-dab5 maszkim
[4(disz)?] gu4 1(disz) gu4 [amar ga]
1(u) 3(disz) udu 7(disz) u8
1(disz) gukkal 2(disz) sila4
2(disz) masz2 6(disz) [ud5]
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
ARAD2-mu maszkim
u4 2(u) [5(disz)]-kam
ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-zi!

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 312. 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 (P123464) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123464..

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