UET 3, 0793

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137117

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137117.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sa gu
sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
sza3-bi-ta
la2-ia3 8(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sa gu
5(disz) szinig gal
4(disz) gesz-ur3 szinig
bar-ta gal2-la
e2 szu-szum2-ma
ur-mes-e su-su-dam
sza3 illu-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0793. 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 (P137117) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137117..

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