USC 6769

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235579

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235579.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin#-lil2
mu-kux(DU) szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) masz2 e2-uz-ga
mu-kux(DU) ur-en-lil2-la2
zabar#-dab5# maszkim#
1(disz) ab2 ba#-[usz2]
e2-kiszib3-ba#-sze3#
ur-nigar# szu ba-ti#
zi#-ga u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
iti masz-da3-gu7 min3-kam
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu# a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba#-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6769. 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 (P235579) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235579..

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