SACT 1, 007

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128764

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128764.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 sza3-kal-la
1(disz) sila4 en-sza3-ku3-ge
1(disz) sila4 ensi2 kisz
1(disz) sila4 lu2-dingir-ra
3(disz) amar masz-da3 nir-i3-da-gal2
3(disz) amar masz-da3 bu-bu
3(disz) amar masz-da3 e2-a-i3-li2
1(disz) amar masz-da3 ensi2 nibru
2(disz) amar masz-da3
nin-dingir nin-sun2 |KI.KAL|
mu-kux(DU)
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul
u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 007. 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 (P128764) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128764..

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