PPAC 4, 281

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332191

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332191.

Transliteration

1(u) 6(disz) amar-ku5 1(ban2)-ta
2(disz) amar-ku5 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
iti munu4-gu7
1(u) 6(disz) amar-ku5 1(ban2)-ta
2(disz) amar-ku5 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
sze-bi 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur
SI-A-<a> szu ba-ti
ki ur-nansze-ta
kiszib3 sza13-dub-ba
mu ma2-gur8 mah ba-dim2
a2-zi-da
dub-sar
dumu szesz-szesz

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 281. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332191) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332191..

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