TCND 073

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P133859

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133859.

Transliteration

2(disz) szah2-NE-tur-munus-gesz-gi
1(disz) szah2-NE-tur-nita2-gesz-gi
u3-tu-da-am3
a2-[bi2]-la-tum i3-dab5
iti-ta u4 1(disz) ba-ra-zal
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCND 073. 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 (P133859) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133859..

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