UET 3, 0042

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136358

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136358.

Transliteration

[...] x-ni ib2-ra
[...] x-ni um-mi-a
[x]-suen ur-e2-mah x
[x]-mu bi2-in-ne-x
nam-geme2-sze3
kiszib3 ba-zi-ir
el-lum-ma ba-an-gi [x]
mu lugal in-pa3-de3
igi ur-nigar sa12-du5-sze3
igi lu2-dingir-ra-sze3
igi lu2-suen sukkal-[sze3]
[...] tur er11-ra [...]
[...] NE-NE dam [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0042. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136358) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136358..

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