CUSAS 39, 204

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P250744

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250744.

Transliteration

kiszib3 lu2-nanna
za3 iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa en nanna masz2-e i3-pa3-da-sze3
ur-nun-gal-ra
nu-un-da-gal2-la
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
ur-nun-gal
dub-sar
dumu lugal-e2-mah-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 204. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P250744) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250744..

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