UET 3, 1279

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137604

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137604.

Transliteration

3(u) 5(disz) kusz udu niga
sza3 balag? PAP UN? tu#?
[...] x siki sa6#?
ki ur-ba-ba6-ta
i-za-ri2#-iq-x
szu ba-an-ti
iti ezem-mah
mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1279. 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 (P137604) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137604..

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