UET 3, 0069

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136385

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136385.

Transliteration

1(disz) giri3-lam zu2-lum 5(disz) sila3
nin-gesz-zi-da
1(disz) nin-a-zu
1(disz) nin-a-zi-mu2
1(disz) nin-gir16-da
1(disz) al-la
1(disz) be-gar3-SZE3-tum
2(disz) giri3-lam 1(ban2)
nin-tul2-mug-sur-in-na
3(disz) siskur2 sza3 pad-da
iti a2-ki-ti
ba-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0069. 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 (P136385) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136385..

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