TJA pl.49, IOS 06

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134100

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134100.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
sze-duru5 sa10-sa10-de3
ki gu-du-du-ta
a-a-kal-la
szu ba-ti
igi lugal-ku3-zu-sze3
igi szesz-saga-sze3
igi ur-suen-sze3
igi a-a-kal-la dumu ur-szul-pa-e3 ku3-dim2-sze3
iti dumu-zi
mu e2 szara2 umma-ka ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TJA pl.49, IOS 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P134100) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134100..

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