SACT 2, 039

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128996

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128996.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ki-su7 gu-la a-sza3 la2-mah gub-ba
ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
giri3 ur-zabala3
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
mu en eridu ba-hun
lugal-e2-mah-e
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 039. 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 (P128996) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128996..

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