UET 3, 1708

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P138034

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138034.

Transliteration

2(u) ma-na ki-la2
tug2 guz-za du 4(disz)-kam
5(u) la2 1/2(disz) ma-na ki-la2
tug2 usz-bar 1(u)-kam
tug2# szabra-sze3
[x]-x ba-ab-TAG
ki#-la2 e2-gu#-[la?] tur HU [x]-a
ur-gu2-en#-na
iti ezem#-me#-ki#-gal2
mu# dumu# munus lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1708. 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 (P138034) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138034..

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