JANES 09, 20 01

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111766

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111766.

Transliteration

la2-ia3 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki-gi
2(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 i3-nun PA
3(ban2) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
7(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
9(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na sa
la2-ia3-am3
si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
i-zi-in-er3-ra na-gada
in-da-gal2
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JANES 09, 20 01. 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 (P111766) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111766..

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