HLC 371 (pl. 140)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110241

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110241.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] gesz a [...]
[...] gesz da-x [x]
[...] NE# dim2-dim2 x
[...] dumu muhaldim
nig2 tur-tur-mu
nig2 dumu sa6-ga-mu
a-na su nig2 tur nu
ga-am-NI-NE nu-kux(KWU147)-en
su6-gid2-mu
bi2-za-za szesz
gesz-gesz-mu
[...] bi# lu2 [...] x KA# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 371 (pl. 140). 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 (P110241) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110241..

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