TCL 02, 5573

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131662

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131662.

Transliteration

1(barig) 4(ban2) sze
masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
ki ur-du6-ku3-ga-ta
ur-nin-urta
szu ba-ti
igi szu-nu
igi e2-ki-bi
igi ur-gu-la-mu
iti sig4!(LUM) u3-szub-gar-ra
mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-pa3
ur-nin-urta
dumu ur-kisal?-ka#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCL 02, 5573. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P131662) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131662..

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