UCP 09-02-1, 035

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135939

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135939.

Transliteration

2(barig) sze lugal
lu2-nin-gir2-su
2(barig) lugal-a2-zi-da
2(barig) nig2-u2-rum
2(barig) az-am3
2(barig) lugal-uszur4
2(barig) ARAD2
2(barig) lu2-gesz-bar-e3
2(barig) lu2-dingir-ra
2(barig) lugal-ezem
2(barig) ur-en-ki
u2-IL2 e2 nin-gir2-su-me
lu2-hu-bu7-me
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 035. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P135939) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135939..

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