CDLJ 2015/3 §2.25

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P361740

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361740.

Transliteration

5(asz) 3(barig)#? 5(ban2)#? ziz2# gur# lugal#
3(u) 2(asz) 4(barig)#? 1(ban2)# [...] gig# gur# lugal#
ki lu2-igi-ma#-sze3#-ta#
kiszib3 ur-lamma dumu ur#-[ba-ba6]
i3-dub a-sza3 ar#?-[sza?-ti?]-a#?-nin-[dar?-a?-ta?]
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu si-mu#-ur4#-[um u3] lu-lu-bu-um a#-[ra2] 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)#-kam-asz# ba#-hul#-[a?]
ur-lamma
dub-sar
dumu ur-ba-ba6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2015/3 §2.25. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK (P361740) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P361740..

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