HLC 341 (pl. 133)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110212

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110212.

Transliteration

2(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
giri3 amar-szuba3
1(asz) 3(barig) giri3 utu-ug3-e
2(barig) 4(ban2) sza3-gal gu4
sza3-gal udu
ki lu2-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 lu2-me-lam2
iti GAN2-masz
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul
lu2-me-[lam2]
[dub-sar?]
dumu lu2-kal-[la?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 341 (pl. 133). 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 (P110212) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110212..

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