TSU 095

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135244

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135244.

Transliteration

6(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na u2-bil2-la
1(disz) gurusz u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3
nibru-sze3 gen-na nibru-ta gur-ra
nig2-dab5 du6-ku3-ga
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
lugal-[...]
dub-sar#
dumu lugal-nimgir?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 095. 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 (P135244) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135244..

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