CDLJ 2015/3 §2.31

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P404810

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404810.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2
szesz-zi-mu
1(disz) sila4
puzur4-esz18-dar
1(disz) sila4
kal-la
2(disz) sila4 nu-i3-da
2(disz) sila4 zabar-dab5!
1(disz) sila4 ur-suen# dumu-lugal
2(disz) sila4 ensi2 nibru
mu-kux(DU)
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul
u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2015/3 §2.31. 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 (P404810) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404810..

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