TLB 03, 163

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134303

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134303.

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
1(disz) ma-na a-gar3
5(disz) gin2 nig2-du10
ki ur-en-ki-ta!
alan szu-suen# szu du7-du7-de3
kiszib3 nin-u3-kul-e-ki-ag2
mu ma2-gur8-mah <en>-lil2 [nin-lil2-ra] ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TLB 03, 163. 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 (P134303) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134303..

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