UCP 09-02-1, 091

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135995

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135995.

Transliteration

5(u) ma-na siki x
x-x-ni x
[x] 6(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na nin-<kal?>-la
[x] gu2 1(u) ma-na e2-udu
[...] sze ga
[...] gu-du-du
[x] ma-na sipa-me
1(asz) [gu2 x] ma-na [...]
[... zi]-ga didli
[x] gu2 1(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na [siki]-gi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 091. 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 (P135995) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135995..

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