Akkadica 114-115, 097 13

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145506

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145506.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 6(disz) udu szu-gid2
3(u) la2 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 szu-gid2
gu4-e-us2-sa
8(disz) sila4
e2-u4-7(disz) u3 e2-u4-1(u)-5(disz) sza3 nibru
ki na-lu5-ta
ur-ku3-nun-na
i3-dab5
iti ezem-nin-a-zu min
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 097 13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P145506) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145506..

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