CDLJ 2009/2 §3.1

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P384812

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384812.

Transliteration

[...]-da#
[...] x am3-ma-nu-um
[...] szesz#-kal-la#
[...] x ur x
[...] x x
[...] x x
5(disz) gin2# sza3#-ku3#-ge# dumu szara2-ga2
2(disz) gin2 ur-szara2# dumu szesz-kal#-la#
1(disz) gin2 en x x
zi-ga sza3 tum-malx(TUR3)[]
x x x
x x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2009/2 §3.1. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (P384812) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384812..

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