TMH NF 1-2, 037

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134349

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134349.

Transliteration

6(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)#-[gal2 ku3]-babbar ur5-[sze3]
masz2 5(disz) gin2 [1(disz) gin2-ta-am3]
ki lugal-[a2-zi]-da
lugal-engar-e#
szu ba-ti
iti kin-inanna u4 1(u) 8(disz) ba-zal
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, 037. 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 (P134349) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134349..

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