SACT 1, 002

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128759

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128759.

Transliteration

1(disz) ud5 niga 1(disz) masz2 niga
i-szar-pa2-dan
3(disz) udu niga
1(disz) sila4 niga 1(disz) sila4
lu2-nanna dumu igi-an-na-ke4-zu
[x] masz2 id-da-a
[1(disz)? ...] sila4 szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) masz2 ur-en-lil2-la2
1(disz) sila4 ur-nigar ka-guru7
1(disz) sila4 lugal-ku3-zu
mu-kux(DU)
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
u4 4(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128759) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128759..

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