SACT 1, 138

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128893

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128893.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga saga us2
lu2-mah szara2
zabar-dab5 maszkim
6(disz) udu szu-gid2
e2-muhaldim-sze3
mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
ARAD2-mu maszkim
iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal
zi-ga ki a-hu-ni
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 138. 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 (P128893) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128893..

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