TSU 013

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135184

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135184.

Transliteration

3(asz) gu2 2(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na siki
ki ur-mes-ta
ur-nigar-ke4
szu ba-ti
inim ur-nigar-ka u3-gi-in
kiszib3 lu2-gi-na
zi-re-dam
mu 3(disz)-kam us2
3(asz) gu2 2(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na <siki?>ki ur-mes-ta
ur-nigar-ke4 szu ba-ti
inim# ur-nigar-ka u3-gi-in
lu2-gi-na
dumu e2-gal-e-si
aga3-us2 a-hu-a?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P135184) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135184..

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