TRU 297

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135061

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135061.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 utu
mu-kux(DU) zabar-dab5
nansze-GIR2@g?-gal maszkim
2(disz) masz-da3 e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3
mu-kux(DU) e2-a-i3-li2
1(u) la2 1(disz) gu4 4(disz) ab2
6(disz) udu 1(disz) sila4
3(disz) u8 1(disz) kir11
4(u) 4(disz) masz2 1(u) 7(disz) ud5
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz hu-ur5-ti u3 ma-da-bi u4 asz-a ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 297. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135061) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135061..

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