SACT 2, 104

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129061

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129061.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) geme2 3(ban2) u4 [1(disz)]-sze3
ur3 e2-usz-bar-ka ti-um ga2-ra
ki dingir-ra-ta
kiszib3 ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-uszur4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 104. 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 (P129061) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129061..

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