UCP 09-02-2, 089

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136093

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136093.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu gesz-du3
1(disz) u8
2(disz) |U8+HUL2|
1(disz) udu szimaszgi2
2(disz) ud5 szimaszgi2
1(disz) masz2-gal
1(disz) sila4 ga ge6 lu2-u18-um
2(disz) sila4 ga ge6 szimaszgi2
1(disz) masz2 ga szimaszgi2
ba-usz2 u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
ki a-hu-ni-ta
ur-nigar szu ba-ti
iti ezem-mah
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-2, 089. 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 (P136093) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136093..

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