UET 3, 0740

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137064

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137064.

Transliteration

1(disz) [...]
1(disz) uruda na-na-a ku3-sig17#
gar-ra gidri-ba ku3-babbar gar-ra
szunigin 5(disz) na-na-a zabar ku3-babbar gar-ra
szunigin 7(disz) ma2-da-lum
szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) ha-zi-in
szunigin 1(u) la2 1(disz) e2-dim
szunigin 1(u) 3(disz) x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0740. 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 (P137064) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137064..

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