TRU 228

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134992

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134992.

Transliteration

1(disz) asz2-gar3 a-dara4 sza3 ud5 a-dara4 masz2 3(disz)
ba-usz2 sza3 dah-hu
u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
giri3 e2-pi-ri
ki u2-ta2-[mi-szar]-ra-am-ta
szul-gi-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
iti ses-da-gu7
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun
1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 228. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P134992) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134992..

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