UET 3, 0285

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136602

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136602.

Transliteration

2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na nig2-U-nu x
bi2-gu7-bi 1(u) 6(disz) gin2
a2-bi u4 3(disz)-kam
szu ti-a
ku3-nin-gal dub-sar
x kin til-la [x]
bi2-gu7-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
a2-bi u4 8(disz) 1(u) 5(disz) gin2-kam
kid ma2 szu4-a ma2 en-na-ka er3-sze3 ba-a-du3
zi-ga sza3 e2-duru5-ka
[...] 2(disz)-sze3 ud5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0285. 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 (P136602) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136602..

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