SACT 1, 139

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128894

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128894.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 niga
a tu5-a# nin-ti2-ug5-ga
iti u4 3(disz) ba-zal
na-sa6 i3-dab5
zi-ga
ki lu2-dingir-ra
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu ki-masz u3# hu-ur5-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 139. 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 (P128894) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128894..

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