SA 150

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128754

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128754.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) sa gi-zi
gu-nigin2-ba 7(disz) sa-ta i3-gal2
5(gesz2) 4(u) sa gu-nigin2-ba 6(disz) sa-ta#
2(gesz2) 3(u) sa gu-nigin2-ba 1(u)# la2 1(disz@t) sa-ta
ki lugal-nesag-e-ta
kiszib3 ab-ba
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul
[ab-ba]
[dub]-sar
[dumu ...]-ba#
[...]-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SA 150. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France ? (P128754) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128754..

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