HLC 143 (pl. 018)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110019

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110019.

Transliteration

6(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal
kiszib3 nin-a-na
2(gesz2) 7(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
kiszib3 ki-sa2 szesz iszib-ba
4(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) gur
kiszib3 lu2-es3-sa2
i3-dub a-sza3 [x]-ta
a2 hun-ga2 i7 idigna-sze3
giri3 ur-nansze
ki ba-zi-ta
ma-ni szu ba-ti
mu si-mu-ur4-ru lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 143 (pl. 018). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P110019) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110019..

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