CDLJ 2012/1 §3.03

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416426

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416426.

Transliteration

1(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3
HI-a-bar-ra-ka gug4# zex(SIG7)-a u3 a-e gu7-a ki-gam-ma-ka-sze3 ga6-ga2
[ugula ...]-la
[kiszib3] ur#-szara2
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu szesz-kal-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2012/1 §3.03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (P416426) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416426..

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