HSS 04, 025

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110298

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110298.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3
ki si-du3-ta
1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
ki lu2-kal-la-ta
() gur
si-i3-tum
amar-szuba3
3(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
ki si-du3-ta
2(gesz'u) 4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
ki lu2#?-[...]-ta#
() gur
si-i3-tum
lu2-kal-kal
sag-nig2-gur11-ra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 025. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110298) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110298..

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