UET 3, 1393

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137718

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137718.

Transliteration

i3-dub du10-x-[...]
1(u) 8(asz) ziz2 gur
i3-dub gu-sa-za-um
1(u) 2(asz) ziz2 gur
i3-dub ba-za-ru-um# [...]
x ma-da [...]
e2# [nin-a-zu-sze3]
giri3 igi#-an#-[na-ke4-zu]
iti ezem-me#-ki#-gal2#
mu# x x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1393. 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 (P137718) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137718..

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