OIP 115, 206

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123648

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123648.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 2(u) masz2-gal
i#-na-bi-ir nu-banda3
[x] sila4 ur-isztaran
[... 1(disz)] sila4 zabar-dab5
[x] sila4 1(disz) masz2
en# inanna
[...]-e2-da hul2-la
[...-du]-du
[...] puzur4#?-suen nu-banda3
[mu]-kux(DU)
[iti] ezem#-nin-a-zu
[mu] ki-masz u3 [hu]-ur5-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 206. 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 (P123648) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123648..

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