TMH NF 1-2, 190

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134501

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134501.

Transliteration

7(disz) gin2 siki ga-rig2 ak
nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
ki lugal-ma2-gur8!-re
um-mi-t,a-bat5-e
[szu] ba-ti
[iti gu4]-si-su
u4 2(u) 7(disz) zal-la
mu en nanna kar!-zi-da ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 190. 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 (P134501) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134501..

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