JMEOS 12, 46 3509

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P112329

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112329.

Transliteration

la2-ia3 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 gazi# gur
2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 u2-kur
1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze zi ne ib2
3(ban2) 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 [x] du10 [...]
7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 kasz [...] sila3# ib2# [...]
[...] nu#-kiri6-ke4-ne
kiszib3 da-du
mu sza-szu2-ru ba-hul
da#-[du-mu]
dumu za3-[mu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JMEOS 12, 46 3509. 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 (P112329) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112329..

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