USC 6670

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235481

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235481.

Transliteration

1(disz) ug3 ab-ba-gi-na dumu na-ba-lu5
en#-nu#-ga2 ti-la
[...]-x-sze3
[ugula ur-]gigir# szabra
kiszib3 ur-szara2 dumu gu2-u4-lu
mu hu-uh2-nu-ri ba-hul
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu gu2-u3-dib

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6670. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235481) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235481..

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