TCNU 440

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135286

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135286.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
a-sza3 me-en-kar2
ki la-ni-mu-ta
lu2-banda3 szusz3
szu ba-ti
iti dumu-zi
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam kar2-har ba-hul a-ra2 2(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 440. 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 (P135286) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135286..

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