TMH NF 1-2, 166

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134477

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134477.

Transliteration

[...] u4 1(disz)-sze3
[...] ib2#-ur3
[...] he2-ri-ri
[...] mi-ri2-za?(A)
[...] ur#-da-mu
zi3 gur8? [...]
ki lugal-[...]-re-ta
ba-zi iti gu4-si-su
mu en ga-esz ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 166. 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 (P134477) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134477..

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