HLC 351 (pl. 134)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110222

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110222.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
1(u) 2(asz) gur sze su-us2 dar-ra
[x] 1(disz)-am3
[...] 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3# [...]
[...] 1(bur3) GAN2 [...]
szunigin 9(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur
sze gesz e3-a
e2 nin-gir2-su
a-sza3 dam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 351 (pl. 134). 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 (P110222) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110222..

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