SACT 1, 096

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128851

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128851.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu
1(disz) u8
1(disz) sila4
ba-usz2 u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
ki zu-ba-ga-ta
szul-gi-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
4(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 096. 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 (P128851) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128851..

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