CDLB 2012/002 §2.3

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P345964

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345964.

Transliteration

4(disz) tug2 di4-di4-la gibil4 garig2 ak
ki-la2-bi 1(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
7(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
[ki-la2]-bi# 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na
[n tug2] usz-bar
[ki-la2]-bi# 5(disz)# ma-na
[n tug2] mug
[ki-la2-bi] 4(disz) ma-na
[ki] a2-na-na-ta
mu#-kux(DU)
i-di3-er3-ra lu2 azlag2
szu ba-ti
iti szu#-esz-sza
mu ha-ar-szi u3 ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLB 2012/002 §2.3. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA (P345964) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345964..

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