SM 1911.10.163

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407189

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407189.

Transliteration

4(disz) sila3 dabin
2(disz) sila3 esza
1/3(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4(disz) sila3 dabin
2(disz) sila3 esza
1/3(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
utu
zi-ga sza3 larsa
hu-ba maszkim
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
iti# [u5]-bi2#-gu7
mu us2-sa [ma2]-dara3#-abzu# []en#-ki#-ka ba-ab#-du8#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SM 1911.10.163. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P407189) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407189..

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