UCP 09-02-1, 038

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135942

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135942.

Transliteration

[...] en [...]
[...] u2
[x] masz2-gal u2
[u4 x]-kam
[iti ezem]-an-na
[x] udu u2
[x] masz2-gal u2
[u4 x] 2(disz)-kam
[iti ezem]-me-ki-gal2
[x] 2(u) 8(disz) udu u2
[x] 4(u) 4(disz) masz2-gal u2
[x] 2(disz) masz2-gal szimaszgi u2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 038. 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 (P135942) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135942..

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