SACT 1, 126

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128881

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128881.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 nanna
mu-kux(DU) ensi2 adab
zabar-dab5 maszkim
4(disz) gu4 3(disz) ab2
3(disz) udu szu-gid2
e2-muhaldim
u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
zi-ga
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 la2 1(disz)-kam-ma-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 126. 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 (P128881) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128881..

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