UCP 09-02-1, 062

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135966

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135966.

Transliteration

1(barig) kasz-du10 lugal
3(ban2) ga-ar3
3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 saga
1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 KA#-[x]
1(u) gesz x-[...]
x x x [...]
1(u) 2(disz) pesz3 x-[x]
nig2-u4-sakar-sze3
lu2-nanna
szu ba-ti
7(disz) sila3 i3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 062. 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 (P135966) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135966..

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