TCNU 605

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135451

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135451.

Transliteration

5(disz) tug2 guz-za du
6(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
4(u) 8(disz) tug2 usz-bar
1(disz) tug2 mug
tug2 sa-gi4-a
ki i-din-er3-ra lu2 azlag2-ta
e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3
ba-an-kux(KWU147)
mu <us2>-sa e2 puzur4?-da-gan ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 605. 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 (P135451) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135451..

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