CM 26, 152

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330167

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330167.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz) udu
9(gesz2) 5(u) la2 1(disz) u8
kiszib3 ka5-a-mu
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
2(u) 7(disz) udu
2(u) 7(disz) u8
3(u) 6(disz) masz2
2(u) 1(disz) ud5
kiszib3 szu-na-mu-gi4
iti a2-ki-ti
zi-ga ki ur-ku3-nun-na
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CM 26, 152. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P330167) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330167..

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