SACT 1, 134

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128889

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128889.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 1(disz) ab2
1(disz) u8 1(disz) ud5
1(u) 8(disz) masz2
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
6(disz) amar masz-da3
mu-du-lum e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
zi-ga
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 134. 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 (P128889) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128889..

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