Rochester 232

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128336

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128336.

Transliteration

5(asz) sze gur lugal
en-gal-du-du
2(u) ur-iszkur aszgab
2(u) a-da-lal3
1(u) a-na-ti ugula kas4
1(u) nin9 lu2-ab-u2
1(disz) ip-qu2-sza aga3-us2
4(disz) sukkal x-[x]-a
2(u) szul-gi-pa2-li2-il ra2-gaba
szunigin 6(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur lugal
zi-ga ki i3-li2-ta
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu en inanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Rochester 232. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA (P128336) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128336..

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