SET 186

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129596

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129596.

Transliteration

5(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur lugal-gigir-re
2(asz) 3(barig) gur
1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur szesz-kal-la
7(asz) 4(barig) gur
3(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur lugal-mas-su2
5(asz) 1(barig) gur
2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur a-bu-da
sa2#-du11 e2 nig2-lagar
kiszib3# 1(disz)-a ki ARAD2-ta
szu ba-ab-ti#
kiszib3 lugal-mas-su2
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
lugal-gigir-re
dumu giri3-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 186. 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 (P129596) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129596..

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