TAD 55

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131097

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131097.

Transliteration

1(disz) asz2-gar3 mu-kux(DU) na-ra-am-e2-a
2(disz) sila4 mu-kux(DU) x esz18-dar-il-szu
1(disz) sila4 mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-i3-li2
1(disz) sila4 mu-kux(DU) ku3-nin-gal
a-bi2-si2-im-ti
ARAD2-mu maszkim
1(disz) asz2-gar3 niga e2-uz-ga
mu-kux(DU) nir-i3-da-gal2
ur-ba-ba6 maszkim
u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ba-zi
iti diri ezem-me-ki-gal2 us2-sa
mu gu-za sza3 hul2-la en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TAD 55. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P131097) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131097..

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