TRU 289

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135053.

Transliteration

[x] udu u2
1(u) 8(disz) masz2-gal u2
1(u) 7(disz) u8 szimaszgi
1(u) 8(disz) ud5 szimaszgi
na-lu5 i3-dab5
[x] masz2-gal
e2 esz3 en-lil2-la2
1(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2-gal
e2 nin-ti2-ug5-ga
u4 2(disz)-kam
iti ezem-mah
mu [si]-ma-num2 ba-hul
ur-iszkur
dub-sar
dumu la-ni-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 289. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135053..

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