UCP 09-02-1, 055

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135959

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135959.

Transliteration

2(asz) kasz du gur
1(barig) zi3-gu
1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3 munu4
sa2-du11 sze-er-ha-an
kiszib3 sze-er-ha-an
[...]
[iti x]-gu7
mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu-um a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
sze-er-ha-an
dumu lugal-TAR

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 055. 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 (P135959) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135959..

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