HLC 403 (pl. 100)

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110271

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110271.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
nam-ha-ni sukkal
e2-usz-bar-sze3 gen-na
5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
sze-li-ma-num2 sukkal
a-sza3 sipa-gukkan-na-ka a-de2 gen-na
[x] sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
[...] id-gur2
[ba]-ka5#-a sukkal
5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda
1(disz) i3-gesz id-gur2
dingir-su2-ra-bi2 sukkal
an-sza-an-ta u3 nibru-ta gen-na
iti ezem-li9-si4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 403 (pl. 100). 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 (P110271) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110271..

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