PPAC 4, 258

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332170

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332170.

Transliteration

[pisan-dub-ba]
sze#-ba siki#-ba# [geme2 usz-bar]
ugula# lu2#-nin#-[szubur dumu ur-lamma]
() ba#-ur5#
1(disz) lu2#-nin#-szubur#
1(disz) da-a-da
1(disz) lu2-hu-rim3
1(disz) lu2-en-ki
1(disz) i3-zu
1(disz) lu2-nisaba#
1(disz) ur-nigar
1(disz) ur-nin-gesz-zi#-da#
szunigin# 8(disz)#? gurusz#? u3 dah-[...] x
sza3 gu2-ab-ba [...]
[mu ...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 258. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332170) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332170..

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