UET 3, 1720

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P138046

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138046.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(u) tug2 usz-bar
3(gesz2) 6(disz) tug2 usz-bar ge6
2(u) 5(disz) tug2 ge6
sza3-bi-ku3-zu
2(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) tug2 usz-bar
lugal-a-ma-ru
3(gesz2) 2(u) tug2 usz-bar
[...] 2(gesz2) 6(disz) tug2 ge6#
szesz#?-kal#?-la#?
szu# ba#-[an-ti]
1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(disz) tug2# [hi]-a
tug2-ba-sze3 ba-zi#
iti szu-esz5-sza#
mu bad3 gal# ba#-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1720. 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 (P138046) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138046..

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