Nisaba 22, 096

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P406126

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406126.

Transliteration

3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 <x>
1(disz) i3 id-gur2
lu2-nanna lu2 kas4
1(ban2) kasz saga
1(ban2) kasz du
na-bi2-en-lil2 dumu-lugal
1(ban2) kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3
x suhusz-gi lu2 kin-gi4-a
i7-sze3 im-szi-du-a
zi-ga u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
iti szu-numun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 22, 096. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P406126) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406126..

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