TRU 185

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134949

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134949.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 szu-gid2
7(disz) udu szu-gid2 sza3 2(u) 2(disz)
ki puzur4-en-lil2-ta
ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5
sza3 uri5-ma
iti a2-ki-ti
mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-ab-du8
szu-suen
lugal kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
ur-ku3-nun-na
dub-sar
dumu lu2-nin-gir2-su kuruszda
ARAD2-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 185. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P134949) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134949..

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