RA 009, 053 SA 207 (pl. 6)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127548

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127548.

Transliteration

6(disz) sila4 ga
2(disz) kir11 ga
5(disz) masz2 ga
u3-tu-da ba-usz2 su-su
mu ba-na-zi-ga-[sze3]
a-hu-we-er
ba-an-il2#
giri3 ur-usz-gid2-[da]
iti masz-da3-gu7-ta
iti ezem-nin-a-zu-sze3
iti 5(disz)-kam
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul
1(u) 3(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 009, 053 SA 207 (pl. 6). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P127548) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127548..

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