TLB 03, 078

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134219

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134219.

Transliteration

[...] 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) [u8]
[...] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) udu#-[nita2]
[...] 1(gesz2) 1(u)? kir11
[...] 1(u) 7(disz) sila4-nita2
[...] 4(gesz2) masz2 sag
[...] udu? [...]
szunigin 5(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) [gub-ba]
szunigin 1(u) zi#-[ga]
szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) ri-[ri-ga]
szunigin# 3(disz) la2-ia3
[...] x-tu
[sza3] gir2#-su
[mu ]amar#-[suen ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TLB 03, 078. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland (P134219) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134219..

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