SACT 2, 185

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129142

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129142.

Transliteration

4(disz) kid nir?
ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
ma2 ninda-sze3
ki ur-szul-pa-e3-ta
kiszib3 lu2-u18
iti szu-numun
mu en eridu ba-hun
lu2-u18
[dumu] bi2-du11 muhaldim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 185. 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 (P129142) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129142..

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