SACT 1, 109

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128864

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128864.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga saga bar-gal2 ba-usz2
ki an-na-hi-li-bi-ta
kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
iti ezem-amar-suen-ka
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul
lu2-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 109. 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 (P128864) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128864..

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