TCNU 647

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135493

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135493.

Transliteration

5(gesz2) eme-sig
giri3 lu2-sa6-i3-zu
3(gesz2) giri3 hu-da-ti
1(gesz2) 3(u) giri3 ARAD2-mu
2(u) me-dim2 ma2 1(u)#
2(u) eme-sig
bar ma2-gur8-re
kiszib3 1(disz)-a
ki ur-sila-luh-ta
kiszib3 lu2-sa6-i3-zu
mu hu-uh3-nu-ri
lu2-sa6-i3-zu
dub-sar
dumu [a-kal-la]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 647. 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 (P135493) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135493..

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