SumRecDreh 09

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130506

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130506.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) gukkal
1(u) 3(disz) gukkal gesz-du3
2(disz) masz2-gal
1(disz) sila4 gukkal
nam-ra-ak kur mar-tu
giri3 hu-un-ha-ab-ur
1(disz) sila4 s,e-lu-usz-da-gan
2(disz) sila4 en inanna
2(disz) sila4 szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) sila4 lu2-bala-sa6-ga
1(disz) sila4 lu2-sa6-ga
1(disz) amar masz-da3 a2-bi2-li2
mu-kux(DU) iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul
u4 7(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SumRecDreh 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: private: anonymous, New York, New York, USA (P130506) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130506..

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