U 15028

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P370890

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370890.

Transliteration

1(disz) lu2-utu
kikken2 NIG2 NE nu-dab5
ugula a-mu
[x]-x-ra la-gi-ip
[...]-dumu-zi-da
[...] x [...]
[...]-x
[...]-nanna#
[giri3-se3]-ga# guru7-me
[x] lu2#-kar-zi-da dub-sar
1(disz) gurusz dub-sar 2(disz) gurusz
erin2 bad3 sza3-iri x-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — U 15028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P370890) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P370890..

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