OTR 070

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123005

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123005.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 ninda
ur-da-mu
2(disz) sila3 ninda
ur3-re-ba-du7
2(disz) sila3 lu2-nin-gir2!-su! e2-udu
2(disz) sila3 du-szu SIG7-a
5(disz) sila3 mar-tu-munus
5(disz) sila3 lu2-dab5-ba en-nu
6(disz) sila3 lu2-dab5-ba ga2-nun gesz-ka gub-ba
5(disz) sila3 lu2-hu-bu7 szu ba-ti
giri3 lu2-sa6-ga dumu lu2-gu-la
zi-ga u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
iti ezem-ba-ba6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OTR 070. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P123005) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123005..

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