UET 3, 1760

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P138086

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138086.

Transliteration

1(disz) lu2-nanna dub-sar
1(disz) lugal-nig2-ba
1(disz) ur-dun
1(disz) ARAD2-nanna
1(disz) iszkur-ba-ni
1(disz) nanna-i3-gi
lu2 ninda2-me
1(disz) tug2-ta
tug2-bi 6(disz)
giri3-se3-ga guru7-me

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1760. 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 (P138086) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138086..

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