NATN 222

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120920

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120920.

Transliteration

[...] sze [x]
ki [...] du-ta
sag-nig2-gur11#-ra-kam
sza3-bi-ta
1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
a2 ma2 hun-ga2
u3-ma-ni
1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi-ga ur-nigar
2(barig) a2 lu2 hun-ga2
szar-ru-du10-ta
i3 ezem-[szul]-gi-sze3
ma2 gid2-da#
1(u) 4(disz) x [...] sa6 [...]
1(barig) 3(ban2) [...] x [...]
KA [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 222. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P120920) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120920..

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