RA 076, 008 04

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128035

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128035.

Transliteration

[n?] 1(ban2)#? 5(disz) sila3 i3 1(ban2)# 5(disz)#? [sila3 ...] ku-ru#-[...]
lu2# didli-[me]
3(ban2) sze 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2#-[lum ...] lu2-[...]
2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze 1(disz) sila3 i3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-[lum ...] a-a-kal#-[la]
[n] sila3# i3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum 1(ban2)# [...] bu-x-[...]
2(ban2)# sze 1(disz) sila3 i3 1(ban2) zu2-lum 1(ban2) ku6 x [x?]
giri3-se3-ga guru7-me-esz2#?
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze 1(disz) sila3 i3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum# 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ku6 a-bu-um-dingir lu2 AN-[x]
[n?] 7(disz)# 1/2(disz) sila3 sze 1/2(disz) sila3 i3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum [n?] 6(disz)# sila3 ku6 nu-na-ti-a muhaldim ri-ba-tum
[...] x 2(barig) 2(ban2)?# sze 2(disz) sila3 [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 076, 008 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P128035) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128035..

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