RA 009, 049 SA 137 (pl. 4)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127471

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127471.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 5(u) udu
1(u) masz2-gal
1(disz) udu hur-sag
1(u) 2(disz) dara4-nita2
2(disz) dara4-nita2 szu-gid2
3(disz) dara4-munus
1(disz) dara4-munus szu-gid2
u4 2(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
en-dingir-mu
i3-dab5
iti ses-da-gu7
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun
3(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 009, 049 SA 137 (pl. 4). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P127471) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127471..

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