TCNU 425

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135271

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135271.

Transliteration

[1(disz) dug] dida# 3(disz) sila3 kasz# saga
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2
USZ-a-mu gaba-asz
1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2
nu-hi-lum
1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3(disz) ku6 3(disz) sa szum2
bur-ma-ma gaba-asz
u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
iti li9-si4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 425. 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 (P135271) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135271..

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