SACT 2, 281

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129238

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129238.

Transliteration

tug2 lu2-nin-szubur
a-ru-a ba-[sa6]-ga
iti ezem-szul-gi-ta
ku3-ga-ni i3-dab5
kiszib3 <lu2>-ha-ia3
mu [ma2] en-ki ba-ab-du8
lu2-[ha-ia3]
dub-[sar]
dumu ur-e11-e [szusz3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 281. 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 (P129238) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129238..

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