TMH NF 1-2, 035

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134347

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134347.

Transliteration

1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar ur5-sze3
masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta-am3
ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
igi-sa6-sa6
ur-me-me dumu-ni
u3 geme2-a-tu5-a dam-ni
szu ba-ti-esz
1(disz) tul2-ta
1(disz) lu2-iszkur
1(disz) lugal-ad-da
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti szu-numun-a
mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 035. 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 (P134347) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134347..

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