TLB 03, 101

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134242

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134242.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
na-gab2-tum-ma ba-an-kux(KWU147)
4(u) ziz2 gur
kiszib3 giri3-ni szabra tum-ma-al
lu2-gi-na
1(asz) lu2-ba-ba6 dumu na-ba-sa6
8(asz) 4(barig) ur-hendur-sag dumu ur-ba-gara2
na-gab2-tum-ma kux(KWU147)-ra-asz ba-ne-zi
im na-gab2-tum-ma-ka nu-mu-gal2
su-su [...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TLB 03, 101. 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 (P134242) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134242..

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