Whitman 2

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416492

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416492.

Transliteration

3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-szah2
giri3 da-a-ga szabra
ki a-kal-la-ta
ugu2 ur-e11-e ba-a-gar
kiszib3 ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-uszur4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Whitman 2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Penrose Library, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA (P416492) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416492..

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