TCND 252

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P133930

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133930.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 niga sag-gu4
1(disz) masz2-gal a!-dara4 niga saga us2
en-lil2
lugal kux(KWU147)-ra
ezem! gu4-si-su
en-lil2-zi-sza3-gal2 maszkim
1(disz) asz2-gar3 a-dara4 niga
ka-izi-sze3 sza3-gesz
giri3 ur-ba-ba6 muhaldim
ki u2-ta2-mi-szar-ra-am-ta
ba-zi
iti ses-da-gu7
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
gu4 2(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCND 252. 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 (P133930) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133930..

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