SACT 2, 037

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128994

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128994.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
ki-su7-ra tul2-la-mu gub-ba
ugula lugal-isztaran
kiszib3 ur-ur3-bar-tab
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
ur-ur3-[bar-tab]
dumu ur-nigar[]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 037. 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 (P128994) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128994..

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