TMH NF 1-2, 183

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134494

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134494.

Transliteration

2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 siki rig2 ak tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
5/6(disz) ma-na siki
1(disz) ma-na siki al pesz5
1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 szid tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
[...] 2(disz)# ma-na 5(disz) gin2 tug2# sag usz-bar
1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 szid 4(disz)-kam us2
2(disz) ma-na siki mug tug2 a-bala
e2-usz-bar-ta
nin-kal-la szu ba-ti
iti kin-inanna
u4 1(u) la2 1(disz) zal-la
mu en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 183. 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 (P134494) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134494..

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