UET 3, 0795

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137119

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137119.

Transliteration

1(disz) na-ah-ba-tum da
kusz masz2 ge6 si-ga sza3-bi tug2 du8-a aktum2 ra-a
ma-sza-lum za-gin3 ba-an-gar
ki lu2-en-ki-ta
i-bi2-suen-en-lil2-da-nir-gal2 <szu ba-ti>
iti diri ezem-me-ki-gal2 u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0795. 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 (P137119) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137119..

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