Akkadica 114-115, 104 39

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145532

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145532.

Transliteration

1(ban2) ninda lugal
ka5-ma-ri2-su ra2-gaba lugal
5(disz) sila3 hu-wa-wa lu2 tukul-gu-la
7(disz) sila3 sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam
iri-ri lu2 kas4
siki ma2 ga2-ga2-de3 gen-na
zi-ga di-ku5
iti sze-il2-la
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan an-na ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 104 39. 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 (P145532) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145532..

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