Akkadica 138, 157-158 02

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P432666

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432666.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
su7-ra gub-ba
1(disz) tu-ra guzza-ni u4 7(disz)-sze3
ki-su7-ra szu-nu-kusz2 gub-ba
ugula lugal-ma2-gur8-re2
kiszib3 e2-gal-e#-si
iti sze-kar-gal2-la
gurum2-ak u4 7(disz)-kam
mu-us2-sa ha-ar-szi ba-hul
e2-[gal-e-si]
dub-[sar]
dumu lugal-sara2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 138, 157-158 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi, USA (P432666) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P432666..

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