ViOr 8/1, 076

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142018

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142018.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 niga 4(disz) sila3-ta
2(ban2) duh-ta
5(disz) gu4 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 duh-ta
duh-bi 1(barig) 2(ban2) lugal
sa2-du11 u4 1(disz)-kam
szunigin 8(asz) duh gur lugal
szunigin-bi 2(barig) sze lugal
iti pa4-u2-e
mu ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ViOr 8/1, 076. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy (P142018) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142018..

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