TCS 1, 072

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145657

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145657.

Transliteration

gu-du-du
u3 lu2-ha-ia3
u3-na-a-du11
ansze lugal-e2-mah-e
su-ga-asz-am3 nu-bi2-a
ansze-ba szu he2-eb-bar-re
egir numun-na-sze3
su-su lugal-e2-mah-e in-ni-ga2-ra-mu
ha-ba-ra-ab-dab!(LU)-e
u4-da a-sza3-ga-ni ha-ba-ra-uru4-u3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCS 1, 072. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P145657) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145657..

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