UET 3, 1764

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P138090

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138090.

Transliteration

[...]
4(disz) tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
4(u) 6(disz) tug2 guz-za du
2(disz) gada sza3-gu szar3
1(disz) gada gin2 sza3-gu szar3
1(disz) gada sag-ga2 sza3-gu szar3
1(disz) gada sza3-ga-du3 sza3-gu us2 szar3
3(disz) gada gu2-e3 sza3-gu nin
tug2 bar-si gu2-e3-bi 3(disz) e2-ba-an
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1764. 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 (P138090) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P138090..

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