TCL 02, 5488

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131578

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131578.

Transliteration

1(disz) za3-mi-ri2-tum zabar
ha-szi-ip-a-tal szagina
szu im-mi-in-us2
giri3 szu-en-lil2 aga3-us2
lu2 dun-a e2-a-i3-li2-ka
1(disz) ban elam
lu2-nanna szagina nag-su
mu-kux(DU)
di-ku5-mi-szar
szu ba-ti
sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu ki-masz u3 hur-ti ba-hul
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCL 02, 5488. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P131578) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131578..

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