OIP 115, 194

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123439

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123439.

Transliteration

2(disz) sila4 esz18-dar-il-szu
1(disz) masz2-gal niga 1(disz) sila4
a-mur-e2-a
1(disz) masz2 ik-szu-dum
1(disz) sila4 lugal-a2-zi-da
1(disz) sila4 ensi2 urumx(|UR2xU2|)
2(disz) amar masz-da3 lu2-sun2-zi-da
2(disz) amar masz-da3 i-di3-suen
1(disz) sila4 szar-ru-um-i3-li2
mu-kux(DU)
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul
u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 194. 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 (P123439) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123439..

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