OIP 115, 367

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123377

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123377.

Transliteration

[...] guz-za du
[...] 1(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
[...] tug2 sag usz-bar
[...] tug2 usz-bar
[...] tug2 usz-bar tur
[ki-la2]-bi 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) ma-na
8(disz) tug2 mug
ki-la2-bi 3(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na
ki a2-na-na-ta#
mu-kux(DU)
[... i]-din-er3-ra lu2 azlag2
[szu] ba#-ti
[iti] ezem#-nin-a-zu
[mu] us2#-sa ki-masz [ba]-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 367. 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 (P123377) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123377..

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