TMH NF 1-2, 003

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134315

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134315.

Transliteration

2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2(ban2) sze
ki a2-zi-da-ta
ur-nin-a-zu
szu ba-ti
iti du6-ku3
ki-lu-ti-im-ba
szum2-mu-dam
mu dumu-lugal ensi2 za-ab-sza-li-ke4 ba-an-tuku
ur-nin-a-zu
dumu lugal-ku3-zu
gu-za-la2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134315) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134315..

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