OIP 115, 066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123343

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123343.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 [u2]
2(u) 6(disz) u8
8(disz) udu-nita2
2(disz) sila4-nita2
1(disz) ud5
1(disz) masz2-gal
1(disz) masz2
ug7-ug7-ga-am3
geme2 usz-bar-e-ne
ba-an-gu7-esz2
zi-ga a2-bi2-li2-a
sza3 uri5-ma
iti ezem-an-na
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P123343) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123343..

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