NMSA 3527

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P341907

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341907.

Transliteration

3(disz) 5/6(disz) sar KIN sahar sahar-ba
1(u) gurusz sza3-gu4 4(disz) gurusz engar dumu-ni
kun-zi-da e2-duru5 ku5-da-a gub-ba
ugula a-ab-ba
kiszib3 a-gu-gu
iti nesag u3
iti dal
mu ha-ar-szi hu-ur5-ti ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NMSA 3527. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P341907) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341907..

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