JMEOS 12, 42 3491

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P112313

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112313.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
mu-kux(DU) ur-tilla3
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) lugal-nir-gal2
zabar-dab5 maszkim
2(u) 6(disz) u8 1(u) 2(disz) udu
3(disz) masz2 1(disz) ud5
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi
iti diri ezem-me-ki-[gal2]
mu us2-sa [ki-masz] ba-[hul]
u4 1(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JMEOS 12, 42 3491. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P112313) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112313..

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