SACT 1, 008

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128765

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128765.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 ab2
ab2-e ak-de3 a-sza3-sze3
mu geme2-nin-lil2-la2-sze3
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta
nu-hi-dingir sukkal i3-dab5
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu-um[ a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128765) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128765..

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