TSU 092

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135242

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135242.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
sa2-du11 szara2
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
sze bala?-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 esza
imgaga3 bala?-bi 1(disz) sila3
sa2-du11 ki udu szum
szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
szunigin 4(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
iti []li9#-si4-ta
iti nesag-sze3
iti-bi iti 8(disz)-kam
mu lugal a2-mah
sa2-du11-e dah-ha
inim a-hu-a-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 092. 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 (P135242) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135242..

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