SACT 2, 100

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129057

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129057.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) gurusz
gi gu-nigin2-bi 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)
a2 iti dal
ki lu2-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re
mu nanna masz-e i3-pa3
lugal-ma2-gur8-re
lu2 lunga
ARAD2 szara2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 100. 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 (P129057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129057..

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