PPAC 4, 270

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332182

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332182.

Transliteration

[...] lu2 la-la
3(u) 7(asz) 5(ban2) gur
na-ba-sa6
1(u) 3(asz) 5(ban2) gur
lugal-szul-gi
1(u) 5(ban2) gur
ur-nin-szubur#
la2-ia3 [...]
3(u) 6(asz) gur a2 hun-ga2
a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
1(disz) szar2 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
1(bur'u) 6(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)-ta
8(bur3) GAN2 bala-a 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
9(asz) a2 hun-ga2
a-sza3 szul-gi zi-kalam#-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 270. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332182) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332182..

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