OIP 115, 383

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123691

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123691.

Transliteration

5(disz) udu niga
lugal-gu2-du8-a
an-za-am-da kux(KWU636)-ra
giri3 ur-nin-mug sagi
2(disz) udu niga nin-lil2
an-za-am-da kux(KWU636)-ra
giri3 en-nansze-ki-ag2 sagi
nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim
1(disz) sila4 ga e2-uz-ga
ur-szul-gi-ra maszkim
iti u4 2(u) 8(disz) ba-zal
zi-ga ki na-lu5
iti masz-da3-gu7 min3
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) [la2 1(disz)]-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 115, 383. 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 (P123691) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123691..

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