SET 085

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129495

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129495.

Transliteration

x x ab-ba-[...]
[x] lu2-kal-[...]
[x] bi2?-lu5 [...]
[x] kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2
[x] kiszib3 ur-tur
[x] kiszib3 ur-lamma
[...] dumu lu2-dingir-ra
2(disz) lu2-sa6-ga
1(disz) na-ba-sa6
szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
zi-ga-am3
8(disz) udu ib2-tak4
ki sa3-si2
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ma-da za-ab-sza#-li ba-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 085. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA (P129495) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129495..

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