TRU 258

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135022

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135022.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 utu
mu-kux(DU) du11-ga-zi-da
2(disz) sila4 nanna
mu-kux(DU) szu-en-lil2
zabar-dab5 maszkim
1(disz) sila4 e2-uz-ga
mu-kux(DU) en [inanna]
ba-mu maszkim
1(disz) sila4 gu-la sza3 unu-ga
zi-ga u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
iti ezem-mah
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-[kam]-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 258. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135022) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135022..

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