HLC 147 (pl. 101)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110022

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110022.

Transliteration

1(ban2) kasz lugal
1(ban2) ninda
u4 1(disz)-kam
u4 3(disz)-sze3
sze-bi 1(barig)
3(ban2) kasz
3(ban2) ninda
3(ban2) zi3 dub-dub
2(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
siskur2-sze3
nanna-ma-an-zu
ansze edin-sze3 gen-na
giri3-ba-ba6 dumu lam-lam-ma
ki a-kal-la-ta
iti mu-szu-du7

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 147 (pl. 101). 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 (P110022) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110022..

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