OTR 184

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123119

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123119.

Transliteration

usz2 lugal-sza3#-la2# [...]
1(disz) tug2 bar ur-gibil6 x zi x
usz2 ur-gu3-de2-a
iti u4 8(disz) ba-zal
usz2 da-gu-u3
usz2 ur-e3-a
usz2 gi4-da
1(u) ku3 nimgir!-di-ne
iti u4 1(u) ba-zal-la
usz2 1(disz) lu2-lum# [...]
usz2 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra [dumu] ur-[...]
usz2 en-ab-di ra2-gaba
sza unu[ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OTR 184. 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 (P123119) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123119..

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