OIP 115, 192

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123367

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123367.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) kir11
ba-mu
1(disz) sila4 ensi2 gir2-su
2(disz) sila4 lu2-inanna szu-ku6
1(disz) masz-da3 da-da u3-kul
1(disz) sila4 ensi2 szuruppak
2(disz) sila4 szesz-da-da sanga
1(disz) sila4 nanna-lu2-du10
mu-kux(DU) iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz u3 [hu]-ur5-ti ba-[hul]
u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 192. 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 (P123367) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123367..

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