SACT 2, 047

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129004

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129004.

Transliteration

1(disz) gurusz 1(barig)
6(disz) ug3 4(ban2)
u4 4(disz)-sze3
guru7 a-pi4-sal4-ka
sze bala-[a]
sze du3-a u3
guru7-a im ur3-ra
ugula szara2-mu
kiszib3 gu-[du-du]
mu en nun-e en eridu ba-hun
inim-szara2
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar[] szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 047. 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 (P129004) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129004..

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