NATN 310

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121008

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121008.

Transliteration

1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar
ur-szu-mah-ra
ur-li-si4-na
iti szu-numun-a u4 3(disz) ba-zal-esz
la2-e-dam
mu lugal i3-pa3
igi ur-iti e2 ha-za-num2
igi ad-da-kal-la
igi lu2-inanna x
igi lu2-gi-na
igi un-da-ga
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
mu en inanna unu ba-hun
ur-li-si4-na
dumu ur-da-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 310. 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 (P121008) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121008..

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