RA 045, 116

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127760

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127760.

Transliteration

nu kasz saga
nu kasz du gur
nu ninda szu gur
nu ninda du gur
lu2 hu-uh2-nu-ri
nu a-da
nu saga nu du
ku-li
sza3 e2-gal
szunigin nu saga nu du
iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
mu ma2-dara3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 045, 116. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P127760) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127760..

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