OIP 115, 348

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123409

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123409.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 mu 2(asz)
1(u) 6(disz) udu
1(u) u8
3(disz) sila4
2(u) 5(disz) masz2
5(u) 2(disz) ud5
5(disz) asz2-gar3
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz [hu]-ur5-ti u3 ma-da-bi u4 asz-a ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 348. 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 (P123409) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123409..

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