Fs Sigrist 028, no. 06

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234839

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234839.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2(disz) gin2 i3
a-bu-ni lu2 zah3 dab5-de3 gen-na
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu#
i-di3-zu lu2 tukul-gu-la
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 <ninda>
2(disz) gin2 i3
szu#-er3-ra#
zi-ga u4 2(u) 5(disz)
iti sze-il2-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Fs Sigrist 028, no. 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P234839) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234839..

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