RA 079, 032 27

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128049

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128049.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na 6(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
ki ur-gu2-en-na-ta
lu2-utu szu ba-ti
mu en mah-an-na en nanna ba-hun
lu2-utu
dub-sar
dumu ba-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 079, 032 27. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA (P128049) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128049..

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