SACT 1, 005

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128762

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128762.

Transliteration

1(u) la2 1(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2-gal
sipa tum-ba-al
2(disz) sila4 ensi2 ka-zal-lu
2(disz) sila4 szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) sila4 1(disz) masz2
en inanna
1(disz) sila4 ur-nigar
1(disz) sila4 id-da-a
2(disz) udu niga ik-szu-dum
mu-kux(DU)
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 005. 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 (P128762) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128762..

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