HLC 364 (pl. 015)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110234

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110234.

Transliteration

5(u) sze gur lugal
a-sza3 ub-lu2-pa3-da-ta
giri3 lu2-bi-mu
2(u) 1(barig) gur i3-dub e2-duru5 nansze-ta
1(asz) 3(barig) ki ur-ba-gara2-ta
7(asz) 4(barig) gur i3-dub nin-gir2-su-a2-zi-da-nansze-ta
giri3 lugal-siskur2-re
[...] gur i3-dub e2-duru5 en#-[na]
[giri3] lu2#-bi-mu
x lu2 x [x]
6(asz) 2(barig) gur a2 lu2# hun#-ga2 al ak
szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) gur
nig2-ka9-ak ur-nin-gesz-zi-da dumu inim-[...]
mu ur-bi2-i3-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 364 (pl. 015). 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 (P110234) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110234..

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