ViOr 8/1, 009

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P141951

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P141951.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz#
u4 1(disz)-sze3
ma2-la2-a gid2-da
ugula ur-ama-na
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
a-tu
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz ba-hul
a-tu dub-sar
dumu lugal-sa6#-[ga]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ViOr 8/1, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy (P141951) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P141951..

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