PPAC 4, 150

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332069

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332069.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) kusz gu4
1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) kusz ab2 pesz
1(gesz2) 1(disz) kusz amar gu4
4(disz) kusz gu4 szu-gi4#
7(disz) kusz ab2 pesz szu-gi4#
1(u) 1(disz) kusz amar gu4 szu-[gi4]
1(disz) kusz kunga2#
1(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) kusz [...]
4(u) 1(disz) kusz [...]
iti ezem-[...]
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 150. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P332069) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332069..

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