Tavolette 060

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131845

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131845.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) udu niga 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-ta
3(u) 6(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila3-ta
3(u) sila4 kin-gi4-a u4 3(u)-sze3
sze-bi 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(disz) gur!
sza3-gal udu niga bala
giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Tavolette 060. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P131845) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131845..

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