SACT 2, 277

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129234

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129234.

Transliteration

3(disz) tug2-mah#
ki-la2-bi 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na
nam2-mah ma2 du3-a u3 usz2-du3
2(disz) ma-na u4 kal-ga
ki szesz-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 ka-tar?-ni?
mu nanna kar-zi-da
ka-tar-ni
dumu lugal-ur2-ra#-[ni]
ma2-lah5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 277. 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 (P129234) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129234..

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