SACT 2, 055

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129012.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 9(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-sza3 kin ak
ki lugal-ma2-gur8-re-ta
ugu2 a-ab-ba ba-a-gar
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul
i7-pa-e3
dub-sar
dumu lu2-szara2
sa12-du5#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 055. 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 (P129012) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129012..

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