HLC 275 (pl. 124)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110149

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110149.

Transliteration

[x] 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) [...] 2(disz) sila3 gur
gu4 2(disz)-am3
3(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
gu4 1(disz)-am3
szunigin 5(u) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
GAN2-gu4 lu2-nansze nu-banda3-gu4
[...] gur
[...] x
GAN2-gu4 nimgir#-gur
ugula utu-mu
4(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur a-sza3 GAN2-utu-mu
ugula ur-ba-ba6 sanga
szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
x [x] gu4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 275 (pl. 124). 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 (P110149) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110149..

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