Syracuse 133

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130684

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130684.

Transliteration

4(disz) da-ba-la2 ur2 ba-ba-al-la
1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) gesz u2 bil2-la
1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) u2#? ma-nu
1(gesz2) 3(u) gu2 asalx(|A.TU.NIR|)
ki a-du-mu-ta
kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar
iti dal
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul
lugal-si-NE-e
[aga3]-us2 ensi2
dumu giri3-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 133. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130684) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130684..

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