SumRecDreh 26

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130523

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130523.

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 9(asz) gu2 gi-zi
a2 erin2 du6-mu-ru-la
sza3-gal udu niga-sze3
ki sukkal-mah-ta
mu-kux(DU)
nu-ur2-iszkur
szu ba-ti
giri3 lu2-giri17-zal
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SumRecDreh 26. 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 (P130523) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130523..

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