SACT 2, 276

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129233

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129233.

Transliteration

[...] 3(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
1(u) la2 1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
5(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
4(u) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
2(u) 5(disz) tug2 guz-za du
1(u) 4(disz) tug2 gu2 ansze
2(u) 2(disz) tug2 mug muru13
1(disz) tug2 u2 ge6 muru13
2(disz) gada saga
1(u) 4(disz) gada du
tug2 [ki-la2] tag-ga a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
[ki ur]-nin-tu-ta
[lu2]-kal-la in-la2
[i3]-kal-la szu ba-ti
[mu] en nun-e en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 276. 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 (P129233) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129233..

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