Akkadica 114-115, 105 42

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145535

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145535.

Transliteration

1(szar2) 2(gesz2) 4(u) sar x
ku5-ra2# a-ra2 2(disz) 8(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 7(gesz2)
x [...]
1(u) la2 1(disz) x
a2 8(disz) sila3-ta
a-sza3 amar-suen-szara2-ki-ag2
[...]-kam
ugula# ab-ba-saga
kiszib3 sza3-nin-ga2
mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li ba-hul
[sza3-nin]-ga2
[dub]-sar
[dumu] lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 105 42. 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 (P145535) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145535..

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