Fs Lenoble 167, no. 30

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P387653

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387653.

Transliteration

1(disz) u8 ba-usz2
ki lugal-a2-zi-da
giri3 gurum2-kal
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lugal-ku3-zu
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
lugal-[ku3?-zu?]
dub-sar
[dumu lugal?-e2?-mah?-e?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Fs Lenoble 167, no. 30. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: American University of Beirut Archaeological Museum, Beirut, Lebanon (P387653) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387653..

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