TMH NF 1-2, 331

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134642

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134642.

Transliteration

[...] x
[...] x-ta
[...]-dingir-zu
[...] BAD
[...] x du
mu x x [...]-e na-ru2-a# [... ]en-lil2 nin-[lil2]-ra# mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 331. 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 (P134642) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134642..

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