TMH NF 1-2, 108

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134420

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134420.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 1(ban2) sze gur ur5-sze3
masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
iti sig4-gi4-gi4-de3
ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
i-s,u2-ur-i3-li2
szu ba-ti
1(disz) lu2-iszkur
1(disz) masz-gu-la
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti bara2-za3-gar-ra
mu en inanna unu masz2-e i3-pa3
[...]
lukur nin-[...]
i-s,ur-i3-[li2]
lu2 lunga ARAD2#-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 108. 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 (P134420) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134420..

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