Trouvaille 88

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134761

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134761.

Transliteration

5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 gada sza3 gu gu-za-e3
sa szar2-ra ku3-sig17
szul-gi-ra-ma dumu lugal-ka
ba-ta-kesz2
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
ba-zi
sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu bi2-tum-ra-bi2-um ia3-ab-ru ma-da-bi u3 hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Trouvaille 88. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P134761) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134761..

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