SACT 2, 280

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129237

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129237.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x] tug2-[gu2]-ansze sumun
szara2 umma
2(disz) tug2 gu2 ansze sumun
szara2 a-pi4-sal4
1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
nin-e2-gal
tug2 su-si dingir-re-ne
i3-kal-la
szu ba-ti
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 280. 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 (P129237) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129237..

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