JCS 52, 048 73

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145867

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145867.

Transliteration

5(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur
a2-lu2 hun-ga2
ki ka-guru7-ta
kiszib3 i7-pa-e3
mu hu-uh3-nu-ri ba-hul
i7-pa-e3
dumu lugal-[uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)]
nu-banda3-gu4# szara2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 52, 048 73. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA (P145867) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145867..

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