OIP 115, 326

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123673

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123673.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) sila4 []inanna
mu-kux(DU) ur-en-lil2-la2
zabar-dab5 maszkim
2(u) 1(disz) u8 szimaszgi2
2(u) 8(disz) udu szimaszgi2
2(u) 7(disz) ud5 szimaszgi2
3(disz) masz2 szimaszgi2
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi
iti ses-da-gu7
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 326. 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 (P123673) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123673..

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