SACT 1, 198

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128953

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128953.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
aga3 lugal-sze3
ki a-tu-ta
iti szu-esz-sza
mu en nanna ga-esz
ur-nun-gal
dub-sar
dumu ur-szara2
sza13-dub-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 198. 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 (P128953) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128953..

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