TCNU 461

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135307

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135307.

Transliteration

1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba
szesz-kal-la sipa
1(barig) ur-iszkur
1(barig) du-du-ha-ma-ti
1(barig) 1(ban2) szara2-an-dul3
3(ban2) lu2-nanna
1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ur-bil3 unu3
3(ban2)# gur4?-sa3-an simug sza3 szu nu-ti-a
sze-ba sipa ensi2
ki-su7 a-sza3 la2-mah
iti dal
mu us2-sa si-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 461. 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 (P135307) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135307..

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