TRU 041

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134805

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134805.

Transliteration

1(disz) ar-bi-tum
1(disz) a-ti-ma-tum
1(disz) u3-bi
1(disz) asz-da-ga
1(disz) szul-gi-tu-ri
1(disz) ki-ni-ib-szi
1(disz) ma-ma-szar-ra-at
1(disz) an-na-a
1(disz) 1/2(disz) sza-lim-nu-ri-szu bar-ra
1(disz) na-na-ki-ga-ga
nar-ta gur-ra
esz3-esz3 u4-sakar-ka
u-bar-um ugula usz-bar i3-dab5
iti szu-esz-sza
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P134805) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134805..

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