TMH NF 1-2, 132 + 135

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134444

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134444.

Transliteration

2(asz) sze gur
lu2-inanna
x tug2 nin-ma2-gur8-[re ...]
[...] x ad-da-a dumu lugal-pa-e3
2(asz) gur la-la-a
5(asz) gur lugal-ma2-gur8-re HI-sar
2(asz) gur geme2-suen u3 a-du-ra-mu dumu-munus-ni
5(asz) gur kiszib3 ARAD2-en-lil2-la2
szunigin 1(u) 9(asz) sze gur
sze ku3-sze3 sza3 kin-ma [...] x-sze3
[...] x-x-dam
iti du6-ku3-ga
mu e2 szara2 ba#-du3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 132 + 135. 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 (P134444) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134444..

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