OIP 115, 468

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123313

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123313.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) udu niga sa2-du11 gu-la
2(u) 6(disz) udu niga sa2-du11 [us2]
3(disz) udu u2
sa2-du11 ku5-ta
mu-kux(DU) ensi2
[gir2]-su-ka
iti u4 6(disz) ba-zal
ki ba-mu-ta
na-sa6 i3-dab5
giri3 ka5-a-mu
iti ses-da-gu7 min3
mu si-mu-ru 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, 468. 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 (P123313) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123313..

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