RTC 382

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128535

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128535.

Transliteration

[...]
1(disz) id-[gur2] i3#
dam-gal-nun-ka-ni-sa6 lu2 tukul
sa-bu-um-ta du-ni
1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda
1(u) gin2 i3-gesz
elam hu-li2-bar-me
sa-<bu>-um-ta du-ni
u3-na-a-du11 sukkal-mah-<ta>
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
1(disz) id-gur2 i3 sza3-iri
1(disz) dug dida
5(disz) sila3 ninda kaskal-sze3
bu3-a lu2 tukul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RTC 382. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P128535) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128535..

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