UCP 09-02-1, 063

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135967

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135967.

Transliteration

n sze-ba [amar-suen]-zi-mu dumu ni-[...]
3(ban2) amar-suen-tesz2-mu#
dumu pesz2-tur-tur
3(ban2) amar-suen-en-lil2#-le-mu-pa3-da
3(ban2) amar-suen-ha-ma-ti
dumu al-la-szar-ru-um
szunigin 2(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3# [...]
nar amar#-[suen-me]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 063. 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 (P135967) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135967..

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