SACT 1, 140

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128895

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128895.

Transliteration

5(disz)? ud5 su4
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
iti u4 2(u) 2(disz) ba-zal
zi-ga
ki lu2-dingir-ra
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 140. 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 (P128895) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128895..

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