SACT 2, 135

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129092

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129092.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar 7(disz) [gin2 kin] sahar
i7 [x]-gin7? a-sza3 a-u2-da-tur ba-al-la
kiszib3 lugal-inim-gi-na
a2 lu2 hun-ga2
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
lugal-inim-gi-na dub-sar
dumu lugal-nesag-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 135. 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 (P129092) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129092..

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