HLC 270 (pl. 125)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110144

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110144.

Transliteration

2(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
sza3-bi-ta
2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
sze-bi 1(asz) 3(barig) gur
lu2-ba-ba6 dumu lu2-nansze
szu ba-ti
mu-kux(DU)
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3
la2-ia3 4(disz) [...]
giri3 [...]
nig2-[...] lu2 [...]
mu [...] ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 270 (pl. 125). 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 (P110144) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110144..

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