TCNU 664

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135510

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135510.

Transliteration

5(disz) kin2 zi-bi2 szu se3-ga
5(disz) kin2 AB-KID szu se3-ga
mu-kux(DU) szara2
ki sza3-ku3-ge-ta
kiszib3 szesz-saga
mu amar-suen-ke4 ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
szesz-sa6-ga
dub-sar
dumu lugal-gu3-de2-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCNU 664. 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 (P135510) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135510..

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