TCNU 491

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135337

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135337.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 ur-gu4-nu?-a
2(disz) sila3 dam ha-ma-ti
1(disz) sila3 dumu su-su
6(disz) sila3 gi-szim-a
5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sa2-du11
3(disz) sila3 sze udul2
szunigin 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
szunigin 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 dabin
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
iti# pa4-u2-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 491. 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 (P135337) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135337..

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