HSS 68, 150

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P406927

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406927.

Transliteration

[...] dah
[...] ta
1 gu4 kiszib3 er3-ra-ba-[ni]
2(u)
sza3-bi-ta
5(disz) gu4 ur-e2-an-na
1(disz) gu4 ba-ba-ti
2(disz) gu4 dingir-dan
1(disz) gu4 lugal-dub-sar
1(disz) gu4 a-da-lal3
4(disz) gu4 ur-ku3-nun-na
2(disz) gu4 ur-lamma
1(u) 6(disz)
zi-ga-am3
4(disz) gu4 ib2-tak4

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 150. 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 (P406927) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406927..

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