SACT 2, 028

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128985

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128985.

Transliteration

2(u) 4(disz) gurusz gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
gurusz-e 3(u) sar-ta
2(disz) gurusz gu4 us2-sa
gurum2 u4 1(disz)-kam
a-sza3 la2-tur
ugula ur-mes
kiszib3 ur-dun
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
ur-dun
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 028. 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 (P128985) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128985..

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