OIP 121, 588

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P124318

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124318.

Transliteration

4(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
dingir-la-ni dumu en-ne2-li2
3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
szu-ru-usz-ki-in dumu am-ni-ni
gu2-na-ne-ne
mu-kux(DU)
lu2-dingir-ra
szu ba-ti
sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan
iti ezem-mah
mu en unu-ga ba-hun
7(disz) ma-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 588. 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 (P124318) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124318..

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