NMSA 3814

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P341997

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341997.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
a-sza3 nin-hur-sag
2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra
masz a-sza3-ga
a-kal-la
ki ur-e-e11-e-ta
kiszib3 a-kal-la
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-x a-ra 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul
a-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar
szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NMSA 3814. 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 (P341997) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P341997..

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