HSS 04, 027

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110300

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110300.

Transliteration

1(szar2) 4(bur'u) 6(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
[...] 3(asz) 2(barig) murgu2 ki-mun
[gesz]-kin-ti gu-la
1(szar2) 4(bur3) 2(esze3)#? GAN2
1(barig) [(x)] 1/2(disz) murgu2 ki-mun
gesz-kin-ti nin-e2-gal
ugula nam-ha-ni
3(bur'u) 3(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2
9(bur3) 1(esze3) 2(iku) 1/4(iku) murgu2 ki-mun
gesz-kin-ti nin-a-a-ba
ugula lugal-ku3-zu
a-sza3 u3#-gig
2(szar2) 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 5(asz)? [...] murgu2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 027. 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 (P110300) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110300..

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