UET 3, 0382

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136704

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136704.

Transliteration

1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2 2/3(disz) ku3-babbar
nig2-sa10-ma esir2 aga3-zi
e2 amar-suen-ka-sze3
la2-ia3 su-ga-ta
ur-sa6-ga dam-gar3
szu ba-an-ti
iti u5-bi2-gu7 u4 [x] ba-zal
mu bad3!-gal ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0382. 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 (P136704) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136704..

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