Nisaba 22, 152

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P406659

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406659.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 ninda
u3-ma-ni
3(disz) sila3 ur-e2-mah
6(disz) sila3 dub-sar tur-tur
2(disz) sila3 suhusz-gi
1(disz) sila3 szu-er3-ra
1(disz) sila3 ur-gi7
2(disz) sila3 sipa ur-gi7
1/2(disz) udu e2-kas4
2(disz) sila3 lu2-nin-szubur dub-sar tu-ra
zi-ga u4 5(disz)-kam
szuku ensi2
iti GAN2-masz
mu us2-sa en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 22, 152. 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 (P406659) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406659..

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