CDLJ 2007/1 §3.34

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P368385

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368385.

Transliteration

2(disz) masz2 ur#-kal dumu ur-sa6#
2(disz) szesz-kal-la
sipa# szer7-da-am3#?
2(disz) ur-mes dumu x-[...]
2(disz) al-la dumu ur#-[...]
2(disz) nu-mu-ru-e dumu ur-e2#-an-na
2(disz)# lugal-ki-ag2 dumu lu2-szara2
na-gada gab2-us2 ba-kux(KWU147)-ra
1(u) 2(disz) masz2
sipa# lu2#-hu-bu7
x de2#?-a-ri
nam#-erim2#-bi in-ku5
ugula szar-ru-um-i3-li2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.34. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368385) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368385..

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