UCP 09-02-1, 048

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135952

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135952.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
1(disz) gurusz engar x
ugula ur-x-x
1(gesz2) 4(disz) geme2 [3(ban2)]
ugula szara2-za-me
1(u) 2(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
ugula lu2-bala-saga
1(u) 6(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
gurum2 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
ki-su7 gub3-temen-na
giri3 i3-kal-la
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu us2-sa gu-za-mah en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 048. 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 (P135952) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135952..

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