TCNU 583

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135429

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135429.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu
na-u2-a
2(disz) udu ugula lugal-isztaran
1(disz) udu nin-a-zu
1(disz) udu kal-kal
1(disz) udu a2-nin-ga2-ta
1(disz) udu u3-ma-ni iszib
1(disz) udu ur-kal-kal iszib
2(disz) udu bi2-du11-ga
szunigin 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu
udu gu2-na x [...]
ki szesz-[...]
lugal-[...]
iti [...]
mu x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 583. 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 (P135429) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135429..

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