TJA FM 55

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134075

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134075.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) gurusz
ugula lugal-ma2-gur8-re
9(disz) gurusz 1(disz) gurusz tu-ra
ugula lugal-mu-ma-ag2
8(disz) gurusz
ugula lugal-ezem
gurum2 ak u4 2(disz)-kam
guru7 sahar-u2-u2
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu us2-sa mu <si-mu>-ru-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TJA FM 55. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P134075) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134075..

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