TRU 126

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134890

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134890.

Transliteration

3(disz) gu4
1(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2-gal
erin2 urua
ugula szul-gi-zi-mu
1(u) gu4 niga
1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu 1(disz) sila4
3(u) masz2-gal
i-[ra-am]-da-gan
mu-kux(DU) a-bi2-si2-im-ti
ki ur-ig-alim kuruszda nin-ta
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU) ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5
iti ezem-mah
mu en eridu ba-hun
4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P134890) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134890..

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