PPAC 4, 158

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332077

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332077.

Transliteration

3(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
gi zex(SIG7)-a ensi2-ka
en-du8-du-ta gu2 kun-nagar-sze3 ga6-ga2
5(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 gi zex(SIG7)-a nig2-diri-ga ga6-ga2
4(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a e3-a ka-ma-ri2 gub-ba
5(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 kab2-ku5
dub-la2 utu gub-ba
5(disz) sar 5(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 sahar
e sa-dur2-ra en-du8-du u3 a!-e-gu7-a GAN2 lugal-ka si-ga
ugula lu2-giri17-zal
kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
gu-u2-gu-a
dub-sar
dumu ma-an-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 158. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P332077) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332077..

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